No major cicada broods will emerge in 2026, but stragglers from 13‑ and 17‑year cycles may appear in several states. Here’s ...

Last year, Western North Carolina didn't see much of the infamous double emergence of periodical cicada Broods XIX and XIII. While there is no periodical double emergence this year, the region can ...

It’s the season for cicadas again, and this year Oklahoma is going to miss the major brood birth, which will occur around the Kentucky and Tennessee, biologists say. Kelly Agnew, a Tulsa biologist who ...

This year's cicada emergence was a double whammy of insects, with two groups of periodical cicadas that only come out of the ground every 13 or 17 years making a simultaneous appearance. But even ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

HAVE BEEN SINGING KELLY ANN. YES, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THEIR BUZZ HERE ON CAPE COD. ONE OF THE MAIN SPOTS TO FIND THESE 17 YEAR CICADAS IN OUR AREA OUTSIDE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. THERE’S ONLY TWO ...

These cicadas, first identified in 1634, have lived underground for 17 years and are expected to spread from Georgia to ...

Insects called "oak leaf itch mites" may be to blame for a spread of red bug bites this summer – and cicadas are serving as unwitting accomplices. Also known by their scientific name Pyemotes herfsi, ...

Fossils reveal that prehistoric cicadas’ wings evolved to help them evade hungry predators with feathers and beaks, scientists say. By Jack Tamisiea Today, few critters are as abundant as cicadas.