The red-eyed menace known as the “periodical cicada” has local scientists confidently predicting that the flying insects will definitely appear in Maryland this year. And that they definitely won’t.

“Maryland has Broods 2, 5, 10 and 19,” Williams said. “That’s it.” And Brood 19, she added, barely qualifies as a local bug. It surfaces every 13 years in just a tiny part of southern Maryland, but ...

A “smiling” damselfly and shimmering beetle captivated judges in the Royal Entomological Society’s 2024 Photography Competition ...