Don't let all the incoming cicada carcasses and shells go to waste: Use them in your compost. The cicadas are officially here for the summer—but there’s no need to fear. In fact, it's a cause ...

There is a lot scientists don't understand about mercury — namely, how it becomes its most toxic form and why our bodies ...

Collecting 100,000 Cicada Shells Ain’t Easy ... That’s when he decided to use their molted exoskeletons—or exuviae, in scientific terms—as vessels for Texas mountain laurel seeds.

They also shed their skin, leaving millions of molted cicada shells on the ground as a souvenir of sorts. “If you don’t get out to see it this year, definitely go out to Cape Cod next summer ...

A cicada from Brood XIV makes its way up the side of an outdoor chair after rising from the ground and molting its shell. The insects are now ready to climb up into the trees and start making ...

Here’s where Brood 14 cicadas have been spotted. ... Emilie Fuhr found possibly hundreds of abandoned cicada shells near a tree. ... hundreds of molted cicada exoskeletons are found near a tree.

In Cynthiana, Emilie Fuhr found possibly hundreds of abandoned cicada shells near a tree. In Cynthiana, hundreds of molted cicada exoskeletons are found near a tree.

A recently molted Brood XIII cicada on a tree trunk in the 10800 block of South Longwood Drive in the Beverly neighborhood, May 18, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) ...

These photos taken recently between Kiwanis Park and 13th Street in Charleston show some of the billions of cicadas that are surfacing this spring in the Midwest and ...