A co-emergence of two cicada broods took place in 2024 in many southern states including North Carolina. This year, another brood of "periodical" cicadas is headed for the Tar Heel State. Yearly, ...

CYNTHIANA — Eight inches below ground, a buggy bomb ticks away. Millions of periodical cicadas bide their time, feasting on tree roots and counting the years. They don’t wear watches or keep calendars ...

This year, portions of 13 states may be impacted by Brood XIV, the second-largest periodical brood of cicadas, according to the University of Connecticut.

The much anticipated cicada hatch of 2024 is almost here. In fact, in parts of Mississippi it's already begun, albeit in small numbers. "I've already had some early reports of them," said Blake Layton ...

Daylight saving time is finally here, and all that extra sunlight will soon be accompanied by a symphony of sound. The Brood XIV cicadas are set to emerge in North Carolina sometime in late April or ...

The upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby is bringing the noise to the Bluegrass State, but more sounds are coming rom these large, high-pitched insects. Areas of Kentucky will have a lengthy cicada season ...

On Friday, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Insect Diagnostics Lab PJ Liesch said he received the summer's first reports of Brood XIII 17-year cicadas emerging in Wisconsin. The ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is one of five states expected to see the highest concentration of cicada activity this spring. The Brood XIV (14) cicada is expected to emerge across the United States in ...

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 temperatures ...