Both Broods XIX and XIII will emerge this year, but conditions are already right in some areas for the periodical insect to come out.

While cicada killers are large and rather fierce in appearance, they are considered beneficial, and control is rarely needed. To learn more about their prey and lots of pictures of them ...

When Brood XIX emerges in Tennessee mid-May, they'll face a unique, venomous predator — killer cicada wasps. The wasps, which can be found in the eastern and western United States, prey on ...