Cicada Audio/Sound page
Magicicada Audio
Here's some audio of Magicicada periodical cicadas:
An MP3 sound file of the emergence in Princeton (1.5MB, MP3). Free to download and enjoy.
- Cicadas Singing in Princeton in 2004 by cicadamania
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M. septendecula by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
More M. septendecula calls. -
M. cassini calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
More M. cassini calls. -
M. septendecim calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
More M. septendecim calls.
Video of a Neocicada hieroglyphica singing
More of Joe Green's Cicada videos of cicada calls:
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D. olympusa pre ticks before calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
More D. olympusa calls. -
D. viridifascia calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
More D. viridifascia calls. -
N. hieroglyphica calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
More N. hieroglyphica calls. -
T. resonans calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
More T. resonans calls.
External Sites
Insect Singers is a great new site from Kathy Hill and David Marshall featuring dozens of cicada songs of North American cicadas.
The Songs of Insects audio page has many excellent samples of American cicada songs. Their book is worth buying too.
Cicada Vidoes and Sounds Alarm Squawks and Mating Calls is also very helpful for identifing cicada sounds.
Selected North American cicada species has about 20 song samples too.
For more cicada audio look for links marked with an AUDIO tag on the links page, and read my blog post about cicada sounds.
