Female cicadas can lay up to 400 eggs divided among ... specific noise with vibrating membranes on their abdomens. The sounds vary widely, and some species are more musical than others.

In my last column I wrote about the cicada killer wasp. An extraordinary large wasp that kills cicadas to feed the wasp’s offspring. I think it sparked some interest in insects in general ...

After the male and female cicadas have mated ... which can lead to disturbance in some cases. Cicadas make their loud sounds with a corrugated exoskeletal structure in the thorax called a tymbal ...

The moment you exit your car in front of the Lake Geneva Public Library, the sound is overwhelming. Millions of Brood XIII 17-year cicadas have swarmed the southeastern Wisconsin city, and their ...