A cicada is visible emerging from its former shell. Th shell iis attached to a tree trunk and is tawny. The emerging cicada is pale pistachio green with light brown accents and a dark round eye. The ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

Millions of creepy-looking, red-eyed cicadas will soon be emerging from the ground in at least 13 eastern states and making lots of noise as they search for mates. After hiding in the ground for the ...