CHICAGO — Cicadas are now past their peak in Chicagoland ... The arboretum suggests scooping up the carcasses and shells and scattering them in areas you want plants to grow.

They spend their entire developmental period in these underground burrows before molting their shells and surfacing as adults to mate and lay eggs. Cicadas are also known for their buzzing and ...

The 17-year and 13-year periodical cicadas returned to the Chicago area this year, and I became the Sun-Times' de facto ...

Elakai Karaitiana and mum Paige Graham have been collecting cicada shells to add to Elakai’s collection and with a cicada boom hitting Sydney she can expect plenty of shells. Picture Thomas ...