Cicada broods emerge on a schedule, and in 2025 brood XIV will invade a number of states. Cicadas have been annoying for as long as I can remember. The first time I remember them showing up in ...

They emerge from the ground every 13 or 17 years. — -- Another 17 years have passed for one brood of periodic cicadas -- the time has come for billions to emerge from the ground in deafening ...

The latest 17-year brood of cicadas is invading, bringing millions if not billions of the noisy insects to Cincinnati and southwest Ohio. However, cicadas can attract a pest, the oak leaf itch mite.

(NEXSTAR) – If you’re currently living in a cicada-filled wonderland (or nightmare, rather), the good news is they’ll soon be a distant memory. These massive broods of bugs only come out periodically, ...

The cicada brood of 2025 is emerging. Are you ready for it? Known as Brood XIV, this cyclical cicada swarm has been lying dormant underground for years, awaiting warmer weather and ideal climate ...

One of the joys of my life is to spend spring and summer evenings on the screened porch of my home in Monteagle, Tennessee, listening to a serenade of chirping crickets. It is music to my ears. I am ...

A Brood X cicada after emerging in Mifflin County in 2021. Brood XIV have started to emerge in parts of Pennsylvania and other states in 2025. They're back! The cicadas, that is. In particular Brood ...

In April 2004, "Mean Girls" was playing in theaters and "Yeah!" by Usher was topping the Billboard music charts. At the same time, around the mid-Atlantic region, small holes in the ground were ...

This year's cicada brood is set to emerge this month, with some already being spotted in areas across the region.This year, Brood XIV is set to emerge, primarily on the east side of Cincinnati.Gene ...

Symmes Township Park is already teeming with early risers, according to Dr. Gene Kritsky, a leading expert and Mount St. Joseph professor. "This is just the beginning," said Dr. Kritsky. "They won't ...

The cicadas swarming in and around Cincinnati can be a nuisance. So are the nearly invisible bugs that feed on cicada eggs and can trigger itchy rashes in humans. The oak leaf itch mite has been tied ...

Cicadas have been annoying for as long as I can remember. The first time I remember them showing up in Maryland was when I was a teenager. Big, noisy bugs with red eyes, and they were absolutely ...