Cicada Safari users have seen Brood XIX in states ... in the U.S. The only type that used to exist was the Rocky Mountain locust, which became extinct in 1902. There is a locust species in Mexico ...

Brood XIV cicadas are gearing up for their debut later this spring. This brood periodically emerges every 17 years.

Cicada are often incorrectly called locusts. The term locust is reserved to describe the times when the ordinary grasshopper becomes overpopulated and starts to cause crop damage. Joe Soucheray ...