Periodical cicadas are expected to emerge in New Jersey this May. Here is everything you need to know about Brood XIV and ...

Why 13 or 17 years? Why not 12, 14, 15 or 16? One explanation asks us to imagine the cicadas are hunted by periodical predators that spend most of their lives in the ground and then, after a ...

Cicadas are set to return this year in the U.S., but their numbers are not expected to be as overwhelming as they were in the spring of 2024, when multiple broods emerged simultaneously. Brood XIV ...

This year’s group, Brood XIV, will emerge in numbers in the lower billions this spring, said Gene Kritsky, founder of Cicada ...

Cicadas are set to return this year in the U.S., but their numbers are not expected to be as overwhelming as they were in the spring of 2024, when multiple broods emerged simultaneously. Brood XIV, ...

Cicadas are set to return this year in the U.S., but their numbers are not expected to be as overwhelming as they were in the spring of 2024, when multiple broods emerged simultaneously.

The adult cicadas that die after mating also provide food for predators. Even the eggs of female cicadas help by allowing the natural pruning of trees that can lead to more flowers and fruit the ...

Annual cicadas have a specialized predator due to the fact that they emerge each year. This predator is known as the cicada killer wasp. "The cicada killer wasps start coming out in July.