CHICAGO (WGN) — Cicadas are now past their peak in many ... The arboretum suggests scooping up the carcasses and shells and scattering them in areas you want plants to grow.

VIRGINIA — While hordes of periodical cicadas will emerge from the ground later this spring to mate and leave their hollow shells behind on trees and lawns, the number expected in Virginia is ...

They spend their entire developmental period in these underground burrows before molting their shells and surfacing as adults to mate and lay eggs. Cicadas are also known for their buzzing and ...

Annual cicadas may not be the only cicadas singing in Mississippi this year. If Brood XIX emerged in your area last spring, ...

Air is resonated in the hollow chamber and that creates the sound. The sound, or song, differs among species and serves as a mating call. "Some people can identify the cicadas to species just by ...