Current:Home > NewsJohnathan Walker:Looking to celebrate the cicada invasion of 2024? There's a bobblehead for that. -Elevate Profit Vision
Johnathan Walker:Looking to celebrate the cicada invasion of 2024? There's a bobblehead for that.
Charles Langston View
Date:2025-04-11 11:47:10
Cicada enthusiasts will be Johnathan Walkerbuzzing with excitement as a new bobblehead featuring the insect is now being sold by Milwaukee's National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, the organization announced Friday.
The cicada bobblehead features prominent red eyes set wide apart, short antennae and membranous wings. It is positioned on a base bearing its name with a grass-like texture on top.
"We’re excited to create this bobblehead celebrating the triumphant return of the cicada,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said in a statement. “The sounds of summer have taken on a new meaning in 2024 with the arrival of the popular insects. This bobblehead is a must-have for cicada lovers everywhere!”
Brood XIII 17-year cicadas emerged this summer in Wisconsin for the first time since 2007. Areas across the state, such as Lake Geneva and the Driftless area, were overtaken by hundreds of chirping insects. While Brood XIII cicadas spend most of their lives underground, once every 17 years, the species emerges as adults to breed. The species' adult life only lasts about four to six weeks.
Here's how to get the Cicada Bobblehead:
The bobbleheads are only available through the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum's online store. They are expected to ship in November. Bobbleheads cost $30 each, plus a flat-rate shopping charge of $8 per order.
For more information:
First opening in 2019, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 170 S. 1st St. in Milwaukee. You can visit its website at bobbleheadhall.com and on Facebook, X and Instagram.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Claire Reid contributed to this report.
veryGood! (357)
Related
- Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
- The Week 1 feedback on sideline-to-helmet communications: lots of praise, some frustration
- Clemson smacked by Georgia, showing Dabo Swinney's glory days are over
- Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- 7 killed, dozens injured in Mississippi bus crash
- Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue, high-resolution photos and other discoveries
- Scottie Scheffler caps off record season with FedEx Cup title and $25 million bonus
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- In the Park Fire, an Indigenous Cultural Fire Practitioner Sees Beyond Destruction
Ranking
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- Space tourist calls Blue Origin launch 'an incredible experience': Watch the liftoff
- Here are the average Social Security benefits at retirement ages 62, 67, and 70
- Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- Gilmore Girls' Kelly Bishop Reacts to Criticism of Rory Gilmore's Adult Storyline
- The Week 1 feedback on sideline-to-helmet communications: lots of praise, some frustration
- Thousands to parade through Brooklyn in one of world’s largest Caribbean culture celebrations
Recommendation
Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
Is the stock market open or closed on Labor Day? See full 2024 holiday schedule
AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient
Texas A&M vs Notre Dame score today: Fighting Irish come away with Week 1 win at Aggies
Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
‘We all failed you.’ Heartbreak at funeral for Israeli-American hostage in Jerusalem
3 dead after plane crashes into townhomes near Portland, Oregon: Reports
Once homeless, Tahl Leibovitz enters 7th Paralympics as 3-time medalist, author