"It turned out that the oak itch mite was found in the egg nests of Brood XIII cicadas," Kritsky told NBC Chicago in an email. That same brood was one of the two to emerge in Illinois during 2024 ...

A plague of tiny-yet-highly-annoying itch mites is sweeping across the state of Illinois as thousands of the microscopic arachnids gorge themselves on eggs left by a historic cicada emergence.

They've been linked to cicadas before, with the Illinois Department of Public Health releasing a report in 2008 that said cicadas were the only insect parasitized by the mites the year prior.

As a surplus of buzzing cicadas emerged in the Chicago area, one local bar got creative with the simultaneous arrival of the two broods. Noon Whistle Brewing in Lombard, Illinois, took the cicadas ...

DECATUR — A Central Illinois photographer's work emerged from a field of hundreds to earn special recognition in a statewide cicada-themed art show. The Illinois Department of Natural ...

This summer, after spending the last 17 years underground, millions of periodical cicadas emerged in southern Wisconsin. WUWM ...

A bar near Chicago was cited for serving shots of Jepsons Malört infused with cicadas, Illinois officials said. Screengrab from Noon Whistle Brewing's Facebook post. As a surplus of buzzing ...