The cicadas are coming. Are your trees and shrubs ready for the invasion? The emerging Brood XII and Brood XIX cicadas love to target deciduous trees, or those that with leaves that change colors and ...

Cicadas are large reclusive insects, which we usually associate with mid-to-late summer when their rasping buzz can be heard each evening. The annual or dog-day cicada, Tibicen spp., is most common in ...

Cicadas of Brood XIV have begun to emerge this spring, starting in the Southeast and making their way to the Northeast. Brood XIV is a cohort of periodical cicadas, in which each succeeding generation ...

The extension offers multiple tips for protecting trees and shrubs from periodical cicada damage. Among them: "Place netting around small trees and shrubs (up to 10 feet tall), making sure it is ...

Homeowners may be seeing some lingering effects of last year’s 17-year cicada emergence in smaller branches of trees, but it’s nothing to worry about. “The trees will be fine in the long run, even if ...

Ohio is one of 13 states expecting cicadas this spring. While generally considered harmless to people, the loud, buzzing insects can pose a threat to certain types of trees and shrubs. In the ...