In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is ...

Cicadas' wings are veined and transparent, and darker veins near the tips of the wings in some species make the shape of a "W." They have no stingers and lack chewing mouthparts, so they can't bite.

The wasps may be the scariest-looking in the state, but they only cause harm to cicadas and don't pose a risk to humans.

7 cicada species will emerge this year in rare event that hasn't happened since 1803. By Amber Rupinta. Friday, February 2, 2024. A once in a lifetime ecological event is happening this spring ...

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

Most cicada species come out every year, but in the United States, there are two periodical broods of cicadas that stay underground for either 13 years or 17 years.

While Illinois will experience annual cicadas in 2025, it won't see a repeat of 2024. The two periodical broods that appeared ...

Britain's cicada species on the brink Across the Atlantic, naturalists have been hoping against hope that the British Isles’ only species of cicada has not gone the way of the Rocky Mountain locust.

3 cicada species, 3 cicada noises . There are three different species of 17-year cicada – with similar counterparts in the 13-year brood. They are known taxonomically as Magicicada cassini, ...

Cicada killer wasps, also known as the eastern cicada killer or cicada hawks, are a species of the large digger wasp that preys on cicadas. This is bad news for the Broods XIX and XIII, ...

Three species of annual cicadas call the Land of Enchantment home – the plains cicada, the scrub cicada, and the cactus dodger cicada. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – This year, an insect event hundreds ...