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Sorry, Cicada Lovers—the Next Big Broods Will Skip the DC Area

News & Politics

Sorry, Cicada Lovers—the Next Big Broods Will Skip the DC Area

Just like Taylor Swift, Brood XIII and Brood XIX won't visit DC on this tour.

Brood X, Cicadas

January 23, 2024

DC Spring Animal Sightings, Ranked From Worst to Wildest

News & Politics

DC Spring Animal Sightings, Ranked From Worst to Wildest

Warm weather means foxes and turkeys and bears—oh, my!

animals, Bears, Cicadas, Foxes

May 27, 2022

A Mysterious New Insect Is Feasting on DC-Area People and Making Them Think They Have Bed Bugs

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A Mysterious New Insect Is Feasting on DC-Area People and Making Them Think They Have Bed Bugs

The bug is invisible, but the bites are visibly disgusting—and crazy itchy.

bug bite, Cicadas, oak mite

August 2, 2021

Just When You Thought You Were Safe . . . the Cicadas Are Back

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Just When You Thought You Were Safe . . . the Cicadas Are Back

Expect showers of cicada nymphs to rain from the trees for the next few weeks

July 30, 2021

Cicada Invasion: It’s the Beginning of the END

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Cicada Invasion: It’s the Beginning of the END

Say goodbye to the billions of Brood X bugs.

Brood X, Cicadas, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian

June 16, 2021

Things Around Here That Got Attacked by Cicadas Yesterday

News & Politics

Things Around Here That Got Attacked by Cicadas Yesterday

Brood X, Cicadas, Joe Biden

June 9, 2021

The Cicadas Are Showing Up on the Freaking Radar Now

News & Politics

The Cicadas Are Showing Up on the Freaking Radar Now

There are so many of those things flying around that they're showing up in weather reporting.

Brood X, Cicadas, Matthew Cappucci, Weather

June 7, 2021

News & Politics

Reddit Is a Wonderland of Weird Cicada Content. Here Are the Wildest Things We’ve Seen.

A cicada threesome and a cicada monster figurine are just a few of the things in the forums.

Cicadas, Reddit

June 3, 2021

Avocado toast. Photo by Seng Luangrath.

Food

This DC-Area Chef Is Making Cicada Scampi, Brood X Laab, and Avocicada Toast

Thip Khao's Seng Luangrath is getting creative with insects.

Brood X, Cicadas, Sen Khao, Seng Luangrath

June 3, 2021

Waiter, there's soup in my cicada! Photograph via Shutterstock.

News & Politics

The Cicada Population Will Explode Next Week—and Stay More Than a Month

According to a Smithsonian entomologist, we have to deal with the invasion for a lot longer.

Brood X, Cicadas

May 21, 2021