Eastern cicada killers, also known as giant cicada killers, are a family of large wasps roughly 1-1.5 inches long with clear, brownish-wings and black-and-yellow patterns similar to most wasps.

25) in the journal Science Advances. The study analyzed changes in giant cicadas in the Dunstaniidae and Palaeontinidae ...

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 ...

has just caught a giant cicada (Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis). Resting the underside of a fern leaf, is a large butterfly-like lacewing (Limnogramma hani) of the extinct family Kalligrammatidae.

Cicada Safari reports that Brood XIV cicadas are expected to only emerge in New York in parts of Long Island, and in a very small area near New York City. Cicada Safari founder Professor Gene Kritsky ...