Brood XIV, one of the largest swarms of periodical cicadas, is set to rise from the ground for the first time in 17 years.

The emergence is expected when soil temperatures reach 64 degrees, typically in late May, and will last for three to four ...

but periodical cicadas are found only in eastern North America. They live underground as nymphs for either 13 or 17 years before emerging above ground in massive numbers. Different populations of ...

Brood XIV, the second-largest periodical cicada brood, last emerged in 2008. Since that time, the nymphs have been living underground, feeding on tree root sap and biding their time until their ...

But for periodical cicadas, which spend more than a decade underground as nymphs before emerging in one giant wave as winged adults, it’s business as usual. Periodical cicadas in Springfield ...

"A lot of people hate them, but I hope they will learn to appreciate them as periodical cicadas are such a rarity." Larson explained that the periodical cicada nymphs live in the soil, feeding on the ...

The sounds of millions of singing cicadas will soon fill the air. Cicada nymphs and exoskeletons will litter the ground. Adult cicadas will be seen flying through the air and resting on trees and ...