As springtime temperatures increase, so does the anticipation — or anxiety, depending who you talk to — about this year’s rare, extra-large emergence of periodical cicadas. Two different broods, Brood ...

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.

It's starting! Brood XIV (as in 14) cicadas have begun to emerge in parts of Cincinnati, and it's only the beginning. This spring, Brood XIV, is expected to emerge in numbers around the lower billions ...

A familiar sight (and sound) will soon appear across 14 states as the next major brood of periodical cicadas emerges.Brood XIV will emerge in 14 states this May, including Ohio, Kentucky and ...

After 17 years underground, an enormous brood of loud, molting cicadas is emerging this spring in parts of the southern and northeastern United States. Cicadas are loud but harmless — they don’t bite, ...

Oak leaf itch mites, tiny pests that feed on cicada eggs and oak midge fly larvae, can cause itchy rashes in humans. Symptoms of oak leaf itch mite bites include intense itching, rashes, and ...

Hear that buzz? Billions of cicadas have crawled from underground in D.C., Maryland and Virginia to begin a weekslong period of cacophonous mating. While some may be worried about creepy crawlies, ...

Feeling itchy? You may have the latest brood of cicadas to blame. The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable ...

Spring is here, so will we soon hear the piercing, buzzing sound of cicadas as they emerge from underground? This year’s group, Brood XIV, will emerge in numbers in the lower billions this spring, ...

Daylight saving time is finally here, and all that extra sunlight will soon be accompanied by a symphony of sound. The Brood XIV cicadas are set to emerge in North Carolina sometime in late April or ...