Trees looking a bit brown in places? It's probably the 17-year cicadas laying eggs. What you need to know about flagging, and ...

This year, eastern North America is buzzing with one of nature’s most jaw-dropping spectacles: Brood XIV periodical cicadas.

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Cicadas are causing chaos at Kings Island and being blamed in car crashes. A map shows where they have been the worst. Plus ...

Cicada shells are crunching underfoot in Southwest Ohio, left behind by the invading 17-year brood. Here's how to clean up ...

Summer also spotted cicadas hanging upside down on a horizontal fence post next to their shed exoskeletons. The cicadas were likely trying to fan out their wings, much like a butterfly does after ...

Does your dog enjoy the occasional sky raisin aka cicada? With the cicadas invading Ohio, are dogs safe snacking on screaming ...

Cicadas have been around for weeks in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. So, their time is nearly up, right? Here's when they ...

When cicadas first emerge from the ground, their first instinct is to climb and use gravity for help shedding their nymphal exoskeletons. Typically, they’ll use trees or fence posts, or even ...

It's starting! Brood XIV (as in 14) cicadas have begun to emerge in parts of Cincinnati, and it's only the beginning.

Eventually, enough cicadas changed schedule to break into broods, which is how we arrived at the patterns witnessed today. Brood XIV is particularly special because it’s considered the “mother ...

Recovered cicada exoskeletons from a Centerville lawn where the insects have arrived. Cicada molt shells are called exuviae. Photo taken May 17, 2025.