Cicadas are getting ready to descend on Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio like a plague of locusts. The latest 17-year brood, Brood XIV, may only be a couple of weeks away from emerging this spring. When ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In case you haven't heard, Massachusetts will soon be swarmed with insects known as cicadas. In next few weeks, the 17-year ...

In another few weeks, millions of locust-like bugs called cicadas will emerge from 17 years of underground slumber to screech and fly around some 24 counties in central Pennsylvania for about six ...

My friend Ford was wondering why he hasn't heard any cicadas this year. Or was it locusts? Apparently, I'm not the only one who gets the two confused. And I'm certainly no bugologist. A quick Internet ...

With a 17-year cicada emergence coming soon, some members of the Western North Carolina community may have questions. WNC didn't see much beyond the usual annual "dog day" cicadas in 2024, despite the ...

In the coming weeks, many areas of central Pennsylvania will experience a most interesting natural spectacle — the emergence of the periodical cicada. These large, noisy bugs are sometimes incorrectly ...

Brood XIV cicadas, emerging in parts of the U.S., are nearing their peak activity but their loud singing should end by early July. The cicadas in and near Cincinnati will likely peak later due to the ...

More than 1 billion and possibly as many as trillions of cicadas are emerging from their Rip Van Winkle-like slumber and will pretty much take over more than a dozen U.S. states with wild, ...

Periodical cicadas, Brood XIV, will emerge in Massachusetts in the next few weeks. Cicadas, unlike locusts, do not swarm or decimate crops. Both cicadas and locusts are herbivores, but cicadas are ...

While often referred to as locusts, cicadas are distinct insects and pose no threat to humans or pets, though overconsumption by pets can cause digestive issues. The cicadas will be active for 3-4 ...