While cicadas are harmless, the pests that are drawn to them can bite and cause a rash. What to know about the oak leaf itch ...

The states where they're expected to emerge this year are Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey ... XIV cicadas, according to Cicada Mania and the U.S. Forest Service.

Photo by Qun-Zhen Wu via Wang C-B, Liu Z-J (2025) Researchers on a field expedition in a forest in southeast China ... captured were actually part of a new cicada species, Cochleopsaltria huboliao ...

Millions of cicada bodies can collect on a forest floor, providing nutrients to enrich the soil and the new cicada nymphs who burrow underground. Virginia often sees cicadas. A map by the USDA ...