The two broods appear at different intervals: every 13 and every 17 years and overlap between them is rare. Cicadas are short-lived and will only be around for about six weeks. And they only emerge ...

Because of this, some folks will try to attract cicada killer wasps to their yards. These large wasps sting cicadas and then move them into their underground tunnel system to feed their young.

We are starting to see the most impressive wasp found in Ohio. Eastern cicada killers (Specius speciosus) are large, solitary wasps. The cicada killer is one of the largest wasps in North America.