FLY-FISHERS in the eastern half of the U.S. are eagerly anticipating a hatch 17 years in the making: the Brood X cicada emergence. From around mid-May through June, billions of these chubby bugs will ...

The historic 2024 co-emergence of two cicada broods is coming to an end. The Great Northern Illinois Brood, a.k.a. Brood XIII, reached peak emergence nearly two weeks ago, and the number of bugs in ...

LYONS - My Wisconsin fishing exploits over the years have been accompanied by a range of soundtracks. When I was a kid fishing for yellow perch from the piers in Racine, it was the slosh of Lake ...

In the coming weeks, many areas of central Pennsylvania will experience a most interesting natural spectacle — the emergence of the periodical cicada. These large, noisy bugs are sometimes incorrectly ...

The first insects in what will become a massive, 13-state swarm of cicadas have begun emerging in the South, a biological marvel that will slowly begin making its way north as temperatures rise, ...

Symmes Township Park is already teeming with early risers, according to Dr. Gene Kritsky, a leading expert and Mount St. Joseph professor. "This is just the beginning," said Dr. Kritsky. "They won't ...

In another few weeks, millions of locust-like bugs called cicadas will emerge from 17 years of underground slumber to screech and fly around some 24 counties in central Pennsylvania for about six ...

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Bug scientists warned central Illinois that this summer would be a big one for cicadas. They were right. The hatch of 13-year cicadas is — depending on your point of view — either ...

A cicada is visible emerging from its former shell. Th shell iis attached to a tree trunk and is tawny. The emerging cicada is pale pistachio green with light brown accents and a dark round eye. The ...