Insects called "oak leaf itch mites" may be to blame for a spread of red bug bites this summer – and cicadas are serving as unwitting accomplices. Also known by their scientific name Pyemotes herfsi, ...

A cicada killer wasp looks scary, but these bugs don't deserve your terror! Here's where to find these peaceful, non-aggressive insects.

The cicadas are coming. In fact, trillions of them are expected to emerge this spring. On top of the “annual” cicadas that show up every spring, there are also “periodical” broods of cicadas that ...

It’s the season for cicadas again, and this year Oklahoma is going to miss the major brood birth, which will occur around the Kentucky and Tennessee, biologists say. Kelly Agnew, a Tulsa biologist who ...

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