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Reports on the prediction of bug experts that periodic cicadas Brood X will swarm the Middle Atlantic area in June 2004. Concern of residents that they will not witness any cicadas; Consideration of the migration and habitat of cicadas; Conduction of experiments by biologists regarding the existence and behavior of the cicadas.

A photograph of cicadas that swarm over vegetation at a home in Meigs County, Ohio is presented.

The article focuses on the preparation needed for the anticipated emergence of cicadas, black-and-orange insects with red bright eyes, in Athens, Ohio possibly starting May 16, 2016.

The article discusses the periodic emergence from the ground of cicadas, with a particular focus on the emergence during the spring of 2013 of the "Brood II" brood of cicadas, chiefly between Connecticut and Northern Virginia, with additional information presented about cicada mating habits.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of eliminating cicadas.

ATLANTA -- We may not be able to predict the Rapture. But here in the South, people can tell you the exact week the cicada plague will hit. Every 13 years, the cicadas come like clockwork, or a biblical curse. It starts with horror-movie-esque headlines (''They're back!''). It gets worse as their insect shells clutter lawns. And it ends after a few weeks, as quickly and mysteriously as it began, when the offspring go underground and the adults die. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Cites a study on the behavior of cicadas by Louie H. Yang, of the University of California at Davis, California. Function of cicada carcasses in providing a brief jolt of resources to a forest; Use of cicadas as fertilizers.

Comments on the resurfacing of periodical cicadas in the United States after 17 years. Destructive potentials; Tools that can be used to protect plantings from the cicadas' feeding and fornication.