(WGN) — A suburban Chicago brewpub was recently ... last emerged together in 1803. The cicada emergence is now believed to be connected to a rash of mite bites reported throughout the area.

which made for massive amounts of cicadas in the Chicago area in 2024. A second brood known as Brood I wasn't expected to fully emerge until 2029, but cicada expert Dr. John Cooley told the ...

It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum's Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children's Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini cicada ...

Getty Cicadas in Chicago will soon deal with a massive health problem. Insects in the area are expected to become infected with a sexually transmitted disease that is said to turn them into ...

Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves, when they ...

Brown branches are giveaways that cicadas burrowed their eggs there. The eggs boosted the mite population, and they can fall on unsuspecting people standing under a tree. SEE MORE | ABC7 Chicago ...

Kritsky said cicadas have been reported to lead to oak leaf itch mite, but that’s mainly when people spend time under oak trees six to 10 weeks after the cicadas have laid their eggs.