The bugs are generally harmless, but the drone of their buzzing could quickly become a nuisance for Tennesseans. The 17-year periodical Brood XIV cicada will be the predominant cicada species ...

This configuration is designed so that the CICADA can engage small, low-speed drones coming in at under 1,320 lb (600 kg). It comes in two configurations to allow it to be used in both a ...

that classic cicada drone coming from a far bigger chorus. But hasn’t there been more recent news about cicadas? Certainly, there has. In 2021, for example, the Great Eastern Brood emerged after ...

The brood emerges every 17 years, and is considered the second largest periodical cicada brood, according to the University of Connecticut. Researchers use past emergences to predict where and ...

Brood XIX, also known as the Great Southern Brood, earned the name through its status as the largest of all the periodical cicada broods ... continue their signature drone through late June.

Cicada Safari Kritsky forecast the emergence of Brood XIV by location, using a meteorological model he developed while researching potato farming. Much like potatoes, cicadas grow underground and ...

Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves, when they will plague several regions on the East Coast with swarms of insects that ...

Researchers with the university's Cicada Project note that, while they cannot technically know with certainty where a particular brood is going to emerge next, its last known locations during ...

Isabel Wherry tells PEOPLE her daughter named the cicada, Cicady Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...