This year, cicadas from Brood XIV are expected to emerge in 13 states, including New York. The 12 other states include Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Nort ...

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 ...

This year’s group, Brood XIV, will emerge in numbers in the lower billions this spring, said Gene Kritsky, founder of Cicada ...

They try not to mate with different species, he said. Female cicadas die after mating once. The males mate until they can’t anymore, then die off, leaving a lot more males than females ...

A cicada from a 17-year cicada brood clings to a tree on May 29, 2024 in Park Ridge, Illinois. Female cicadas die after mating once. The males mate until they can’t anymore, then die off ...

Experts say Eastern cicada killers are not dangerous to humans. Stings — rare and minor as they are — only come from the females. For the most part, female cicada killers keep their stings for ...

Female cicadas die after mating once. Males mate until they can’t anymore, then die. As a result, there are many more males than females, he said. After mating, female cicadas lay eggs in ...

They try not to mate with different species, he said. Female cicadas die after mating once. The males mate until they can’t anymore, then die off, leaving a lot more males than females ...