The cicadas first emerged in Lake Geneva about three weeks ago, and their population is currently at its peak, said PJ Liesch, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Insect Diagnostics Lab.

The noisy insects have been silent for a few months now, but come spring 2025 their songs will ring out again. Broods of periodical cicadas only emerge every 13 or 17 years. Some years ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Two broods of cicadas are surfacing this spring, including a type not seen in over a decade. These cicadas, covered in white fungus spores, exhibit zombie-like behavior ...

He says that the insect is “distinctly American ... Among the peculiarities of this Cicada are the periodicity of its broods, some appearing at intervals of seventeen years (whence its name ...

These black-bodied, red-eyed, winged insects crawl out of the ground from around late May to June ... Brood XIII (17-year brood) cicadas are coming to the Midwest in 2024 Brood XIII cicadas will ...

As spring approaches, many science enthusiasts and insect-lovers are wondering when they’ll hear the piercing, buzzing sound cicadas bring with them as they emerge from underground. This year ...