Cicada shells are crunching underfoot in Southwest Ohio, left behind by the invading 17-year brood. Here's how to clean up and best dispose of them.

Parts of central and eastern Kentucky will be the epicenter of Brood XIV’s emergence this summer, with potentially billions ...

“By incorporating molted cicada shells or dead cicadas into your potted plant soil or garden beds, you help improve its texture and fertility,” Samantha Tibbetts, the E-Commerce Manager at ...

Cicada Brood XIV, the only brood of periodical cicadas that inhabit Centre County, are back this summer before they return to ...

While cicadas are harmless, the pests that are drawn to them can bite and cause a rash. What to know about the oak leaf itch ...

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 ...

That’s when he decided to use their molted exoskeletons—or ... For a sculpture titled Cicada Lifecycle, he lined up the dried shells in a row on a branch, placing a red, orange, or yellow ...

When ready to become adults, nymphs must leave the soil to molt. A split opens along the back of the nymph’s exoskeleton, and the adult cicada pushes its way out. These cicada shells — the ...

Liu said the cicadas that are having an impressive showing ... Those insects and their recently molted shells can be found throughout residential neighborhoods, business districts, parks and ...

Those insects and their recently molted shells can be found throughout residential neighborhoods, business districts, and parks in Charleston. Cicadas have even been flying about the IHSA state ...

"The nymphs typically emerge from the soil in the evening and climb up trees or other objects and molt, leaving behind the familiar cicada shells or shed exoskeleton," the University of Illinois ...