Cicadas, winged buggy noisemakers whose relatives include leaf-hoppers and spittle bugs, come in two varieties: the annual ...

"You can really look at how beautiful their bodies are and how intricate their wings are and really appreciate nature." ...

But as Chicago bakes in its third-warmest year on record, is a species directly cued by soil temperatures warming to 64 ...

CHICAGO (WGN-TV) — They’ve begun to emerge. And they’re going to make their presence very much known. In Illinois, two broods ...

If you live in the Midwest or the Southeast, you know the cicadas are coming. And if you live in Chicago, you know the ...

The historic 2024 cicada emergence in the upper Midwest is now underway, but with two broods of cicadas emerging this spring, ...

While parts of the U.S. are already seeing cicadas emerging in dramatic numbers, in the Chicago area, some are seeing early ...

In the Chicago area, the 17-year cicadas, along with the much larger annual, or Dog Day cicadas, are expected. ABC7 Chicago wants to see your cicada videos. If your footage is chosen, you might see it ...

Meteorologists Tracy Butler and Larry Mowry break it all down with some of Chicago's leading bug experts during Cicada-Cast ...

Ready or not, here they come! Cicada sightings have already been reported in parts of Indiana and Illinois, including here in the Chicago area. But this is just the beginning, soon ...

NBC Chicago reported that cicada shells are beginning to be seen in Illinois, and that's the first sign of the insects' ...

Both the 13-year and 17-year Cicadas in Illinois are emerging simultaneously for the first time in 221 years. Find out more ...