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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

They try not to mate with different species, he said. 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...