Cicadas can sound a lot like sirens or car alarms, the Durham County Sheriff's Office is reminding citizens. A Facebook post read, "Do you hear that humming that sounds like alarms going off in the ...

A periodical cicada nymph is seen in Macon, Ga., on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. This periodical cicada nymph was found while digging holes for rosebushes. Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge in ...

Every year without fail, cicadas come out of hiding to serenade us with their songs when the North Carolina weather warms up. Annual cicadas, sometimes referred to as “dog day” cicadas, usually emerge ...

Love them or hate them, cicadas are fascinating insects talked about in North Carolina during the warmer weather months.Cicadas spend most of their life underground, emerging when soil temperatures ...

That constant buzzing sound you’re hearing at night means Brood XIX, a 13-year brood of periodical cicadas, have begun to emerge from the ground. The insects typically emerge in early May in North ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) – Cicadas are ...

(CNN) — A spectacular wonder of nature or an anxiety-inducing nuisance? It depends on whom you ask. Naturalists have already spotted the first arrivals in a rare phenomenon during which cicadas will ...

Annual cicadas emerge in NC during July and August, drawn to deciduous trees. Cicadas use loud mating calls reaching 90 decibels, but pose no harm to humans. Cicadas feed on tree roots early in life; ...

North Carolina is in the middle of a hot summer, which means it won’t be long before annual cicadas make their first appearance of the year to serenade us with their never-ending songs. Cicadas begin ...