For the past 17 years, they've been underground, never moving more than 3 feet, sipping tree root sap and excavating tunnels ...

It's one of the biggest broods, and if you're in one of these 13 states, you're likely to hear their noisy mating call soon.

This species, which is endemic to Hawaii, feeds on the sap of koa trees. It was named Hawaii’s state insect in 2009 after ...

Despite some news reports to the contrary, the newest influx of periodic cicadas — the red-eyed, at times comically ... barely qualifies as a local bug. It surfaces every 13 years in just ...

Cicadas of Brood XIV will begin to emerge from the underground in 13 states across the country this spring, according to cicada expert Gene Kritsky.

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

In a year of full emergence, when the bugs surface, they quickly begin mating, which is often met with the noise most associate with cicadas. “Once those cicadas are out of the ground ...

Kritsky is urging Marylanders who spot a red-eyed cicada to snap a photo of the bug and to upload it to Cicada Safari, the ...

These large, red-eyed insects will be everywhere in ... Club recommends stopping your pups from eating the bugs. If dogs eat one or two cicadas, the dogs likely will be OK. However, if dogs ...

Despite some news reports to the contrary, the newest influx of periodic cicadas — the red-eyed, at times comically ... barely qualifies as a local bug. It surfaces every 13 years in just ...