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A black cicada with orange red eyes and orange markings and wings, rests on the smooth bark of a holly tree with the blues sky in the background.

Here They Come Again! More Periodical Cicadas Will Emerge This Spring

If you missed them last year or didn't get your fill, you'll have another chance to see periodical cicadas (Cicadidae: Magicicada) in NC this year! If you were utterly annoyed by them, hopefully you…

Looking at the face of a red-eyed, black cicada, legs stretched out in front

The Cicadas Are Coming! Fear Not, Though

If you've been listening to the news lately, I'm sure you're aware this is a special year for our prime-number-loving insects, the periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.). The year 2024 will see the…