SEX-crazed bugs made a panicking driver flip his car while trying to avoid the pesky intruder.
Cops attending the bizarre car crash joked the “suspect fled the scene” – and warned nervous motorists to close their windows.
The bizarre car crash resulted in the Kia crashing into a pole and tipping over on the road in Blue Ash, Ohio[/caption]
The crash happened while hordes of adult male periodical cicadas are looking for a mate[/caption]
The expensive mishap happened when a randy cicada flew into the man’s Kia in Ohio.
It’s that time of year when male cicadas are on the look-out for a mate, before they die a few weeks later.
Unfortunately, the alarmed motorist tried to get rid of the bug – while he was driving, said the Blue Ash Police Department.
He then crashed into a pole, flipping his vehicle.
The force shared a dramatic pic from the scene showing the man’s wrecked vehicle toppled onto its side on the road.
It revealed a huge amount of damage despite the crash being caused – inadvertently – by such a tiny bug.
The silver Kia’s bonnet was completely crumpled, with the front fender falling off.
Its entire windscreen was busted, and the side view mirrors were also smashed, as parts of the car lay strewn across the road.
The BAPD joked that the creepy-crawlies can be “dangerous.”
The cops showed their sense of humor by posting, “We’re all well aware that these pesky cicadas don’t respect personal space, including while driving.
“It may be a good idea to keep the windows up for the next several weeks.
“As you can see, a cicada attack can be dangerous.”
SUSPECT FLED
They confirmed that no one was injured as a result of the freakish incident.
“The suspect fled the scene,” they joked.
The incident has prompted thousands of reactions on social media.
One man noted, “Cicadas are big, noisy and clumsy, but they aren’t dangerous in the least.
“Now, having a hornet in my car would be a different story.”
Another said, “That’s gonna be a fun insurance claim.”
The red-eyes bugs are attracted to heat, according to the American Automobile Association, which warned they can obstruct air flow to vehicles, leading to overheating.
What are periodical cicadas?
Periodical cicadas are insects that spend most of their lives underground as nymphs.
The nymphs feed off the sap of tree roots.
They emerge from the ground to transform into adults and mate.
The adults have red eyes, translucent wings, and usually measure about an inch long. They only live three to four weeks.
Some periodical cicadas emerge every 13 years and others emerge every 17 years.
The males “sing” by vibrating a membrane on the sides of their bodies.
Females lay eggs in trees.
The eggs hatch six to seven weeks later, the nymphs fall to the ground and go into the soil, and the cycle begins again.
The crash occurred during the emergence of mate-seeking cicadas with one thing on their minds – resulting in an invasion dubbed cicada-geddon.
That’s because the sex-crazed insects are anything but quiet.
LOUD AS DRILLS
The rowdy winged species is famous for its loud, chirping mating call – with noise levels ranging from 90–100 decibels, which is as loud as an electric drill.
The massive brood of periodical cicadas is now popping up across the eastern United States, including in Blue Ash, according to residents.
The University of Connecticut said that, in 2025, Brood 14 is among the largest of all 17-year periodical cicada broods.
Broods are when all the cicadas emerge in a particular year in a given area on a predictable cycle.
This year’s particular brood will be “dense and widespread,” the uni added.
NO PESTICIDES
It advised, “They are not generally considered to be insect pests and there is no reason to use pesticides on them.”
Insect fans will be able to hear their high-pitched chorus throughout Kentucky, Tennessee and along the East Coast, from Massachusetts and New York down to western Georgia.
CBS-affiliated WLKY reported that hordes of cicadas are causing “chaos” with Blue Ash residents complaining about swarms of the bugs in backyards, parks and amusement parks.
The good news for those with a fear of insects (Entomophobia) is that the adult cicadas will only be around till the end of June.
Experts keep a watch on broods of periodical cicadas as they emerge in the United States[/caption]
An adult periodical cicada sheds its nymphal skin and clings to the trunk of a maple tree in May 2025 in Cincinnati[/caption]
There are two large compound eyes, which are used to visually perceive the world around them, and three small, jewel-like, simple eyes[/caption]
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