Missouri cicadas reach peak emergence, numbers to begin declining
Is this the most cicadas Missouri and southern Illinois will see, or are there more in store? We dug into the facts to VERIFY.
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Is this the most cicadas Missouri and southern Illinois will see, or are there more in store? We dug into the facts to VERIFY.
This spring, two "broods" of the noisy, red-eyed bugs are set to rise from the ground across the Midwest and, perhaps, around the St. Louis region.
Landowners say hundred-year-old oaks have gotten sickly. Conservation workers are documenting trees with curling leaves and forests with thinning canopies. Scientists have sampled hundreds of trees and found widespread evidence
Landowners say hundred-year-old oaks have gotten sickly. Conservation workers are documenting trees with curling leaves and forests with thinning canopies. Scientists have sampled hundreds of trees and found widespread evidence
There is apparently concern that an invasive beetle that is a known tree killer could be affecting Missouri soon if not already based on a warning by the state.