It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern on the back of the thorax) are making themselves known. The males, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Summer is cicada season. That means it’s also the season for the giant bug’s predator: the cicada killer wasp. But the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the ...

The name sounds scary, but these wasps don’t want to hurt you — well, unless you’re a cicada. The first thing you’ll likely notice about a cicada killer wasp is its size. Females are larger than males ...

NEW YORK — There is an eerie single-mindedness in the way cicada killers fly. Perhaps it is just insect swagger, or it might be the narrow preoccupation with the task at hand, common to many insects ...

(NBC Chicago) — There's no question that Illinois will be swarmed with cicadas this spring and summer, thanks to a rare, double emergence of two periodical cicada broods at once -- in addition to the ...

In Texas, we are no strangers to cicadas. However, there's a scary and giant bug that sounds dangerous but not for us, just cicadas. It's the cicada killer wasps, which are causing some confusion ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — They're big, ugly and bug murderers. A cicada-killing wasp, found here in North Carolina, was captured on video preparing its next meal after murdering its prey. Cicadas dominated ...

That extended, high-pitched singing isn’t the only sound signaling the annual emergence of cicadas this summer. Jody Green’s phone has been ringing off the hook lately, too. The urban insect expert ...

Cicada killer wasps seen throughout Michigan shouldn’t be feared. In fact, they should be welcomed. That’s the world from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, which says the one-inch wasps ...

(Mass Appeal) – You may have seen an insect known as a, “cicada killer,” and didn’t realize it. They are large wasps, about two inches long, with black and colorful yellow markings like most bees.

Although Texans in Montgomery County have been buzzing with fear over supposed sightings of “murder hornets,” experts are telling them there’s no need to prepare for Armageddon. Texans shouldn’t worry ...

Magicicada septendecim, also known as Brood XIII, also known as the 17-year locust, also known as the Northern Illinois Brood, also known as the cicada you’re most likely to squash (with malice or not ...