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 ...

Cicada killers can grow to 1.5 inches long. Though the males can be territorial, they do not have stingers. Cicadas that appeared during the dog days of summer are out and a special species of wasps ...

A periodical cicada. Brood XIV have begun their emergence from the soil. 15 periodical cicada broods exist in the U.S. – the numeral XIV, or fourteen, means it was the 14th brood observed by ...

Like it or not, cicadas are poised to return to parts of Cincinnati this week. The news has many people on the city's East Side bugging out. On Monday, people took to social media, posting pictures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring is in full gear with warmer temperatures, rainy weather and of course, the arrival of one of the noisiest insects.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pretty as a picture: Entomologist Tawny Simisky shared a photo of an adult cicada, found May 23 at the Frances A. Crane Wildlife ...

Large yellow and black wasps almost the size of a human thumb will soon be flying around the late Kentucky summer, hunting for cicadas. The cicada killer wasp is often mistaken for the so-called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) have one of the strangest ...