Brood XIV cicadas will emerge in numbers around the lower billions in 13 states, including Ohio and parts of Greater.

All signs point to a large number of cicadas emerging this spring in Pennsylvania. Experts say they will come up through the ground in mid-May after a 17-year slumber. They’re ...

Cicadas get all their food by drinking a watery sap (xylem) from trees. Since the insects don't have mouths that open and close, they have straw-like tubes that they insert into trees. Baby ...

Get ready New Yorkers, billions of cicadas are set to emerge in 2025 as Brood XIV makes its long-awaited return. These ...

They will then climb to the tops of trees, where they will continue hardening their exoskeletons. About five days later, the male cicadas' loud calling will begin. Kritsky, who has been studying ...

It will soon be that time of the year when cicadas emerge from the underground and Kentucky is one of their destinations. But when can people expect them? This year’s group, Brood XIV, will ...

The 17-year Magicada cicadas come out of the soil in spring when the trees have grown their leaves. Periodical Brood XIV cicadas are set to return to the following states sometime in May ...

As a result, there are many more males than females, he said. After mating, female cicadas lay eggs in branches on trees. The eggs hatch 6 to 10 weeks later and the young cicadas head underground ...

As a result, there are many more males than females, he said. After mating, female cicadas lay eggs in branches on trees. The eggs hatch 6 to 10 weeks later and the young cicadas head underground ...

They travel short distances to find mates and lay eggs. Cicadas only eat fluids from trees and woody shrubs and are not known to damage the plants they feed from. They can damage young trees and ...