Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern ...

Explainer - It's the season, and you can't miss the buzzy chorus. So how do these insects make so much noise, and is it dangerous?

CHICAGO — Now that cicada season is coming to an end, what can you do with their exoskeletons? Well, we already know cicada carcasses can be used for fertilizer or mulch — but they can also be ...

The historic 2024 co-emergence of two cicada broods is coming to an end. The Great Northern Illinois Brood, a.k.a. Brood XIII, reached peak emergence nearly two weeks ago, and the number of bugs in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The cicada invasion is coming to an end in Illinois. Now, residents just have to deal with the dead bugs and tree netting. Spencer Campbell with the Morton Arboretum joined ABC7 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — They’re big. They buzz. Lately, these little flying critters spotted all over Albuquerque. We’re talking about Cicada Killer Wasps. Yes, that’s their real name — and if you’ve seen ...

An adult cicada with large red eyes perches at the top of a daylily in Menifee County. George Campbell George Campbell Cicadas are on the move in central Kentucky and beyond as they emerge across the ...

When it comes to cicadas, people either love them, don't mind them … or eat cicadas as a snack. No matter, though, there's no denying the colorful, relatively harmless and non-invasive bug. And what ...

More than a dozen states will once again hear the buzzes and clicks of cicadas this year. It won’t be as bad as last spring, but the second-largest group of cicadas, known as Brood XIV will return ...

Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying, and will be for at least another couple weeks in the Chicago area. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people's ...