The red-eyed menace known as the “periodical cicada” has local scientists confidently predicting that the flying insects will definitely appear in Maryland this year. And that they definitely won’t.

Talk about killing the buzz. Despite some news reports to the contrary, the newest influx of periodic cicadas — the red-eyed, at times comically clumsy aggravation with wings — will not descend upon ...

Brood XIV cicadas, which emerge every 17 years, are expected to appear in 13 states in 2025. The cicadas will begin to emerge when the ground temperature reaches 64 to 65 degrees, likely in the third ...

MARYLAND — A noisy spring is ahead in more than a dozen states, including Maryland, when millions of periodic cicadas will ...

It may be loud and annoying to you, but to a female cicada — it’s the call of love. Brood X cicadas have been growing and developing underground in the D.C. area for the past 17 years. And just when ...