Three cicadas in North Carolina during the 2003 Brood IX emergence Chris Simon, CC BY-ND If they’re in your area, you’ll know it from their loud droning, chirping and buzzing sounds. Cicadas from ...

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

Recently, swarms of midges have been spotted on cars, homes, light poles, and just about anything near Lake Erie. Even “clouds” of the generally harmless insects have been seen flying across the sky. ...

Cicadas have started emerging and are expected to come in swarms in the next few weeks in North Carolina. While some cicadas are annual insects that emerge every year, periodical cicadas appear only ...

If they’re in your area, you’ll know it from their loud droning, chirping and buzzing sounds. Cicadas from Brood XIV – one of the largest groups of cicadas that emerge from underground on a 13-year or ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Simon, University of Connecticut and John Cooley, University of Connecticut (THE ...