The second largest periodical cicada brood appears every 17 years. Sightings are expected to occur in 13 U.S. states this year, Gene Kritsky, a professor at Mount St. Joseph University in ...

The 13-year group, known as Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, is the largest periodical cicada brood, stretching across the southeastern United States. The Northern Illinois Brood ...

Known as Brood XIV, it's the nation's second largest periodical cicada brood and its emergence will be witnessed by a good portion of the eastern United States. "Everything looks on target for ...

The news comes as they're preparing to emerge in the Chicago area, one of the most populous zones on this year's cicada map. A study credited to two Georgia Institute of Technology authors ...

Cicada killers, also known as ground digger wasps, look like oversized bees. It’s natural to be alarmed if you see them buzzing around your lawn and garden, but it’s really the cicadas who ...

Isabel Wherry tells PEOPLE her daughter named the cicada, Cicady Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

A cicada plastered across your windshield could cause some serious visibility issues, especially if you smack the wiper stalk with your windshield washer fluid reservoir bone dry. Make sure you ...

Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves, when they will plague several regions on the East Coast with swarms of insects that ...