cicadas

  1. May 26, 2021

    Entomologist thrilled by arrival of 17-year cicadas

    U-M entomologist Thomas Moore, 91, has spent nearly seven decades studying periodical cicadas, which emerge every 13 or 17 years and are only found in the eastern half of North America.

  2. May 4, 2021

    Matthaei-Nichols expert offers advice on emerging cicadas

    Tom O’Dell, collections and natural areas specialist at U-M’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, recalls the last time 17-year cicadas visited Ann Arbor and offers some advice.