It's one of the biggest broods, and if you're in one of these 13 states, you're likely to hear their noisy mating call soon.

For the past 17 years, they've been underground, never moving more than 3 feet, sipping tree root sap and excavating tunnels ...

In a year of full emergence, when the bugs surface, they quickly begin mating, which is often met with the noise most associate with cicadas. “Once those cicadas are out of the ground ...

Not only are cicadas returning to the Volunteer State this year but Tennessee is expected to have one of the largest concentrations of the nuisance bugs anywhere in the U.S., according to USA TODAY.

Cicadas are juicy, red-eyed bugs that emerge in writhing masses every once in a while. And one of the largest cicada broods around will emerge in certain places of the U.S. this spring.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is one of five states expected to see the highest concentration of cicada activity this spring. The Brood XIV (14) cicada is expected to emerge across the United ...