The insects will infiltrate a much bigger geographical area than similar occurrences in most years because they’re part of the dual emergence of two particular periodical cicada broods.

When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique predator with murderous intent: cicada killer wasps. Cicada ...

This year is already shaping to be another insect-infested one. Two separate cicada groups, or broods, will emerge in a simultaneous event that hasn’t occurred in 221 years and won’t happen ...