RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) — The ground had seemed to undulate at night, alive with bugs. Crawling cicada nymphs, striving to get higher after 17 years underground, marched en masse toward and up trees, ...

An adult periodical cicada flutters in a spider web at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Trillions of once hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the ...

First came dime-size holes dotting my backyard. Out crawled the nymphs, leaving tiny semi-translucent husks clinging to tree trunks, like miniature rock-climbers with sudden onset vertigo. Soon the ...

What's that sound? It may sound like a very loud buzzing or droning that lasts all day and into the night. But before you call the police to report what you think could be a siren, whine or roar, ...

The moment you exit your car in front of the Lake Geneva Public Library, the sound is overwhelming. Millions of Brood XIII 17-year cicadas have swarmed the southeastern Wisconsin city, and their ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — There is a familiar drone in the air in some parts of Virginia as cicadas emerge from the ground, but this year there is some extra buzz as more than just the annual.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) — The ground had ...

Marvin Lo, Morton Arboretum tree root scientist, collects fallen periodical cicada specimens at the base of a tree on June 6, at Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Ill. Trillions of once hidden baby bugs are ...