Cicadas are noisy, persistent pests. Here's where they're emerging this year, and how you can deal with the racket.

cicadas spray intruders with jets of liquid waste. Cicadas might even relieve themselves in jets before they are fully grown, says Richard Karban, an entomologist at the University of California ...

Taking preventive measures is the best defense against cicadas for ... Avoid using chemical insecticides for cicadas. Chemical insecticides are less effective than netting: In a 2021 study ...

Additionally, pesticides don't work well on cicadas. Trying to spray them down won't do any good and could instead damage your yard or local pollinators. The best thing to do is to try to ignore ...