And they are particular about their food, only drinking sap from plants with woody ... When periodical cicadas emerge, they’re consumed by just about anything that eats insects.

Cicadas won’t eat the vegetables or flowers growing in your garden, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and experts who spoke to VERIFY. The insects don’t eat plant leaves.

Brood XIV cicadas will emerge in numbers around the lower billions in 13 states, including Ohio and parts of Greater ...