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Neal is a graduate of Boston University. The cicadas are coming, and this time Massachusetts won't be left out. A particularly large group of periodical cicadas known as Brood XIV, or the "Great ...

The eastern U.S. is about to be inundated with trillions of Brood XIV periodical cicadas—which were first documented by the pilgrims in 1634. Periodical cicadas have red eyes and emerge from the ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

The arrival of warm spring temperatures also means the arrival of cicadas, which are expected to start filling the air with their iconic buzzing sounds as soon as next week in some parts of the U ...

Brood XIV cicadas are set to emerge in about 13 states in 2025. The periodical brood of the insects last appeared in 2008. This year, Brood XIV periodical cicadas are set to emerge from the ground ...

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While last year two massive cicada broods emerged at the same time, a once-every-200-years-event, this year things are back to normal. A 17-year periodical cicada brood, Brood XIV, will emerge ...

Love them or hate them, cicadas are fascinating insects talked about in North Carolina during the warmer weather months.Cicadas spend most of their life underground, emerging when soil ...

Cicadas will return to Maryland in 2025 as the second-largest brood is expected to emerge after 17 years underground. The return of Brood XIV, of the Great(er) Eastern Brood, will bring trillions ...