The cicada life cycle has three stages: eggs, nymphs, and adults. Female cicadas can lay up to 400 eggs divided among dozens of sites—generally in twigs and branches. After six to 10 weeks ...

The emergence is expected when soil temperatures reach 64 degrees, typically in late May, and will last for three to four ...

Contrary to popular belief, cicadas aren’t hibernating underground, they’re very much active. In their wingless nymph forms, ...

Brood XIV, the second-largest periodical cicada brood, last emerged in 2008. Since that time, the nymphs have been living underground, feeding on tree root sap and biding their time until their ...

The sounds of millions of singing cicadas will soon fill the air. Cicada nymphs and exoskeletons will litter the ground. Adult cicadas will be seen flying through the air and resting on trees and ...

As the eggs hatch and cicada nymphs are born, the nymphs of Brood XIV will drop to the ground, burrow their way into the soil, and then begin their 17-year cycle by feeding off of the roots of ...

Cicadas, which are called nymphs in their immature stage, don’t all emerge in one night, Kritsky said. “It takes about two full weeks for the great bulk of the cicadas to come out,” he said.

Cicada nymph soon after emerging. (Gene Kritsky / Mount St. Joseph University / FOX Weather) The cicadas of Brood XIV emerge from the ground every 17 years. This means that the last time they saw ...