It's starting! Brood XIV (as in 14) cicadas have begun to emerge in parts of Cincinnati, and it's only the beginning. This spring, Brood XIV, is expected to emerge in numbers around the lower billions ...

The latest 17-year brood of cicadas is invading, bringing millions if not billions of the noisy insects to Cincinnati and southwest Ohio. However, cicadas can attract a pest, the oak leaf itch mite.

After 17 years underground, an enormous brood of loud, molting cicadas is emerging this spring in parts of the southern and northeastern United States. Cicadas are loud but harmless — they don’t bite, ...

Feeling itchy? You may have the latest brood of cicadas to blame. The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable ...

A new pest may emerge in Ohio as Brood XIV cicadas conclude their 17-year life cycle. Oak leaf itch mites can bite people, and cause an itchy, rash-like reaction. They also feed on cicada eggs. Oak ...

Recently, swarms of midges have been spotted on cars, homes, light poles, and just about anything near Lake Erie. Even “clouds” of the generally harmless insects have been seen flying across the sky. ...

This spring, Brood XIV—also known as Brood 14—will surface across at least 13 eastern US states. These cicadas have spent the last 17 years underground and are expected to appear in the coming weeks ...

The cicadas are back – well, some of them. Brood XIV has begun to emerge in some eastern U.S. states. The brood emerges every 17 years, and is considered the second largest periodical cicada brood, ...

The 17-year cicada emergence is happening on Cape Cod and nearby areas. Cicadas are members of hemiptera, or true bugs. Citizen scientists can join the Cicada Brood XIV count. Woo! Science is a column ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

HAVE BEEN SINGING KELLY ANN. YES, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THEIR BUZZ HERE ON CAPE COD. ONE OF THE MAIN SPOTS TO FIND THESE 17 YEAR CICADAS IN OUR AREA OUTSIDE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. THERE’S ONLY TWO ...