Kritsky developed the Cicada Safari app with a team from St ... and a faster move through the various underground stages. What we do know is that after the cicadas have mated and laid their ...

The second largest periodical cicada brood appears every 17 years ... Cicadas, which are called nymphs in their immature stage, don’t all emerge in one night, Kritsky said.

cicadina. “It’s not surprising that the thing that would crack the cicada life cycle is a fungus that can have resting stages, so it can just wait out until the appropriate time,” he says.

17-year cicadas have already been spotted in some parts of Kentucky this year, and more are coming. This year, cicadas from Brood XIV will be seen – and heard – in 13 states, Gene Kritsky, founder of ...