'The grass was alive': discovery of cicadas brings together neighbors

Wisconsin's first cicadas of 2024 have begun to hatch, according to an expert with the UW-Madison Department of Entomology and the Wisconsin DNR.
Terrie Mess of Lake Geneva sent TMJ4 photos of several cicadas hatching in her yard on Friday. PJ Liesch, with UW's Department of Entomology, along with the DNR, confirmed that this represents the first report they are aware of in Wisconsin this year.
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[@adriennefriend]

So special! We love to see them

[@nunah7977]

They here in middle TN. The skeletons are on the trees also.

[@danm9390]

You can find cicadas in Wisconsin every summer.

[@juliawirch2454]

Those are annual cicadas. These are periodical cicadas.

[@a.r8133]

She lookin good for a grandma