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, ...
Features EditorLoud humming, red beady eyes, and 17 years spent underground all describe the insect that has been fascinating everyone everywhere, the cicada. Anything that spends 17 years in the ...
Homeowners may be seeing some lingering effects of last year’s 17-year cicada emergence in smaller branches of trees, but ...