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Within the past week, precipitation ranged from 0.25-inch in southern Hillsdale County to as much as 1.5 inches in parts of St. Joseph County.

ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) — The summer growing season may be heading into its final stages, but some insects are still hard at work.Fall armyworms are marching in

Millions of cicadas are coming to parts of the US. Here's how you can help track them. Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star Here's what to know about the billions of cicadas Brood X that will soon be emerging UP NEXT INDIANAPOLIS – During the last emergence of Brood X cicadas in 2004, biology professor Martin Edwards and his students strapped up their hiking boots and ventured into the trees carrying "big, fat" Garmin GPS units and "old-fashioned paper maps with pencils and notebooks."  © Mike Fender/IndyStar Cicadas emergence from 2006, courtesy of John Obermeyer, Purdue ...

The Brood X cicadas will emerge in large numbers in the next few weeks (Credit: John Obermeyer, Purdue Entomology, Purdue University) Fifteen US states, including New York, Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, as well as Washington D.C., will soon be buzzing with billions, and perhaps even trillions, of cicadas. The noisy red-eyed members of Brood X, who have been hibernating underground for the past 17 years, will emerge unannounced as soon as the conditions are right: the soil is 64 degrees, and on a night that's humid enough but free of wind and rain. Unlike annual cicadas, w...

A species of insects so old they once crawled among the dinosaurs is coming to Indiana. Millions of them. After 17 years of burrowing underground, a brood of periodical cicadas is set to emerge. Experts predict they will be here within a matter of weeks.  Brood X, the name given to this cycle of cicadas, is one of the largest cicada broods in the country. Cicada emergences are one of North America’s most incredible natural phenomena, and a relic from a time far before humans were in Indiana.  And it's a natural phenomena you won't miss. Cicadas will be everywhere — on your lawn, in y...