Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are nature’s kings of the calendar. These black bugs with bulging eyes ...

Researchers said the species was “abundant” but “difficult to capture” as it evaded their light traps in the tree canopy.

And just how much does Long love bugs? Well, she described the big green-and-black cicadas we see every summer in Central Indiana as “cute.” “They’re green, they have a white belly,” she said. “I ...

The noisy, alien-looking bugs are expected to return to the Peach State once again this spring, but this year’s brood is not to be as it was last year.

Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves.

The new species is ochre-color with black markings ... Liu Z-J (2025) The cicada has a distinct “spoon-shaped” shell covering an organ on its abdomen that acts as the insect’s ear, according ...

Annual cicadas have a green coloring but periodical cicadas are black and orange ... can actually observe this magical part of the insect metamorphosis," Reall said. After the adults are active ...

For a closer look at Brood XIV's appearance, visit Cicada Mania for photos and details. The specific brood will have more black and orange on it. The annual cicadas that appear every year later in ...