They use a straw-like appendage to suck nutritious fluids from trees and their roots to help them survive underground. ©Elliotte Rusty Harold/Shutterstock.com The periodical cicada, belonging to the ...

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 ...

The 17-year cicada species emerging this year include Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada cassini and Magicicada septendecula. Periodical cicadas emerge every 13 or 17 years and have specific broods.

The brood includes three species and bears the following characteristics, according to Cicada Mania: Magicicada septendecim: The largest of the 17-Year species. Its abdomen has thick orange stripes.

This year, however, the region can expect to see an emergence of Magicicada Brood XIV, which last emerged 17 years ago. N.C. State entomologist Matt Bertone told the Citizen Times that ...

This year, the periodical cicada Brood XIV (14) will emerge during the springtime in 12 states. Typically beginning in May and ending in late June, millions of cicadas with a 17-year life span ...

This year, however, the region can expect to see an emergence of Magicicada Brood XIV, which last emerged 17 years ago. N.C. State entomologist Matt Bertone told the Citizen Times that, while last ...