Naturalists have already spotted the first arrivals in a rare phenomenon during which cicadas will emerge across more than a ...

Most of us have been stung by a bee and we know it's not much fun. But maybe we also felt a tinge of regret, or vindication, ...

There are two adjacent broods of cicadas that will be emerging at the same time. Brood XIX reside in Alabama, Arkansas, ...

Cicada nymphs have recently been seen at the ground’s surface, meaning the mass arrival of the periodical cicadas is a few ...

The cicadas are coming! The 2024 double brood emergence will bring billions of cicadas to northern Illinois. But what do you ...

Female cicadas use their ovipositor, egg laying structure, to make a small incision into a hardwood tree branch, one about ...

Brood 19 (XIX) and 13 (XIII) of the 13- and 17-year periodical cicada, will be emerging from certain areas in a number of ...

There is a reason wasps are the inspiration for so many sci-fi books and films – many species lay their eggs on, or in, the ...

I felt the familiar sting, narcotic, mildly pleasant. Then the blind probing of her ovipositor. The puncture was painless, easy. So easy going in. She undulated slowly against me, her muscles ...

The females lay their eggs in woody plants, using their ovipositor, or egg-laying organ, to inject about 10-20 eggs into branches. Females can lay around 500 to 600 eggs, Johnson said. The eggs ...

Female cicadas use an egg-laying organ, called an ovipositor, to lay their eggs inside slits they cut into tree branches. However, cicadas are unlikely to cause any irreparable damage to plants ...