Crawling cicada nymphs, striving to get higher after 17 years underground, marched en masse toward and up trees, pausing to shed their skin ... up the carcasses and shells and scattering them ...

They spend their entire developmental period in these underground burrows before molting their shells and surfacing as adults to mate and lay eggs. Cicadas are also known for their buzzing and ...

Cicadas are set to return this year in the U.S., but their numbers are not expected to be as overwhelming as they were in the spring of 2024, when multiple broods emerged simultaneously. Brood XIV ...

While Cincinnati was spared from 2024's cicada emergence ... on the sides of their abdomen to produce sound. They’ll shed their exoskeletons, attach themselves to branches, mate and lay eggs ...

Cincinnati will once again be buzzing—literally—this spring as Brood XIV of the periodical cicadas emerges across the region.