After all, it takes a few days for newly emerged nymphs to molt and reach full maturity so ... The timing all comes down to ...

The cicada life cycle has three stages ... They spend their entire developmental period in these underground burrows before molting their shells and surfacing as adults to mate and lay eggs.

Isabel Wherry tells PEOPLE her daughter named the cicada, Cicady Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

SCIENTISTS ARE ASKING FOR HELP DOCUMENTING THE BUGS THROUGH THE FREE APP CICADA SAFARI. YOU GO OUT WITH THE APP ON YOUR PHONE, TURN YOUR GPS ON AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND YOU FIND CICADAS. YOU ...

This past summer, Isabel Wherry's daughter, Aspen, noticed a dead cicada in their front yard in Illinois. She named it Cicady, and now, months later, she hasn’t let it leave her sight.