An adult periodical cicada sheds its nymphal skin and clings to the trunk of a maple tree in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Once they find footing, they begin the molting process. They shed ...

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An adult cicada with large red eyes perches at the top of a daylily in Menifee County. George Campbell George Campbell Cicadas are on the move in central Kentucky and beyond as they emerge across ...

Cicadas have been around for weeks in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. So, their time is nearly up, right? Here's when they ...

West Chester native Tom Robinette said his 20-year-old daughter, Avery Robinette, who is studying microbiology at the University of Cincinnati, found what he described as a "blue/grey-eyed" cicada ...

The mark of a mature periodical cicada is its red eyes, as George Campbell of Means in Menifee County expertly captured here. Dave Adkisson of Lexington reports cicadas are also out in full force ...

Periodical cicadas are moderately sized bugs with red eyes and translucent wings, usually measuring about an inch long with a wider wingspan. ... Cicada map predicts where they will emerge in 2025.

Cicadas are often known for their ear-piercing sounds and buggy red eyes, but did you know cicadas ... found what he described as a "blue/grey-eyed" cicada while walking their dogs Monday.

After lying dormant for 17 years, a plague of sex-crazed Brood XIV cicadas will be emerging from their subterranean sleep pods extra hungry for love thanks to the spread of a zombie fungus.

And according to Kirstky, blue-eyed cicadas are "relatively rare." "I estimate that they occur at a 1-in-a-million, but when you have billions of cicadas, that means there will be millions over ...