If you see one that’s pale white and has only just grown its wings, you’re looking at a cicada without a hardened exoskeleton that’s ripe for plucking, wrote Cortni Borgerson, Ph.D ...

Cicadas are members of the superfamily Cicadoidea and are physically distinguished by their stout bodies, broad heads, clear-membraned wings, and large compound eyes. There are more than 3,000 ...

The Prairie State is home to both the 17- and 13-year cicada broods. Cicadas might look scary with their red eyes, huge wings and prickly feet, but they’re harmless to humans. They don’t sting or ...