The visit of the 17-year cicadas isn't particularly long, but it can bring back memories of cicada summers from long ago.

A dirt-dusted periodical cicada nymph wiggles its forelimbs in Macon, Ga., on March 28. This periodical cicada nymph was found while digging holes for rosebushes.

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

Pressed into a piece of rock is the flattened, 47 million-year-old body of a cicada. Measuring about 1 inch (26.5 millimeters) long with a wingspan of 2.7 inches (68.2 millimeters), its fossilized ...

My life on the cicada beat: How we reported on the historic insect emergence in Illinois in 2024 The 17-year and 13-year periodical cicadas returned to the Chicago area this year, and I became the ...

A driver bugged out behind the wheel in Blue Ash, Ohio, when a rogue cicada flew into his SUV — causing him to lose control and flip the vehicle as he frantically tried to swat away the winged ...

Blue Ash police said a cicada is the culprit behind a serious crash that occurred on June 11. ... He tried to get the bug out of the SUV, but he lost control of the vehicle.

This spring, an unusual cicada double dose is about to invade a couple parts of the United States in what University of Connecticut cicada expert John Cooley called “cicada-geddon.” The last ...

Pressed into a piece of rock is the flattened, 47 million-year-old body of a cicada. Measuring about 1 inch (26.5 millimeters) long with a wingspan of 2.7 inches (68.2 millimeters), its fossilized ...

This spring, an unusual cicada double dose is about to invade a couple parts of the United States in what University of Connecticut cicada expert John Cooley called “cicada-geddon.” The last ...