“Periodical cicadas don’t pose a risk to any of the major crops in Illinois,” said Illinois State Entomologist Christopher ...

Reports of sightings are likely individual “stragglers” that have come out too early or from people who have taken a shovel ...

While the cicada “boom” hasn’t occurred just yet, you might be seeing some here and there. The noisy insects have begun ...

Illinois is the center of the cicada emergence that is on the way. Two groups of cicadas are expected at once, leaving some ...

Because they are temperature-dependent, cicada emergences may vary depending on the location. In 2024, they are expected ...

Cicadas are officially emerging from the ground in several parts of the Chicago area as the start of a historic emergence ...

A cicada is seen in 2011 in the St. Louis area, during a 13-year cicada emergence from hibernation, resulting in a deafening ...

A double brood of cicadas are about to break loose but there's good news for the Quad-Cities area: the impact is expected to ...

Cicada nymphs have recently been seen at the ground’s surface, meaning the mass arrival of the periodical cicadas is a few ...

The whole cacophonous curiosity should last through June, scientists say. After the insects mate, and the females lay eggs in ...

The southern half of Illinois will see the appearance of Brood XIX, also known as the Great Southern Brood, which emerges ...

Yet despite recent reports of cicadas coming out, experts say the insects probably won’t do so en masse in Illinois for ...