After watching this news report (nine national news), it seems possible that Australian cicadas might be more annoying than American cicadas — annoying according to the ear of the beholder of course — I think they’re awesome.
The big difference between Australian cicadas and American cicadas is the loud & abundant American Magaicicada periodical cicadas only come around every 17 or 13 years, and annual species of American cicadas are loud but they aren’t found in large numbers or groups (aggregations). In Australia certain species of cicadas are noisy and abundant every year.
Here’s a text news article as well: Cicada buzz destroys beachside bliss.
Here’s yet another wonderful cicada photo from David Emery in Australia: the Diemaniana euronotiana. The cicada is a mere 20mm in length, and they are now just out in the bushland around 1000m.
I’ve competed my yearly update of the Cicada Links page; I cleaned out the dead and old links, improved the descriptions, and the labeling system (photos, audio, illustrations, maps).
There’s another copy of the Cicada Do Brazil Video on the Metacafe website.
Lady Shmee has photos of Platypedia putnami and Cacama valvata on Flickr.
Az~Kate has photos of an Apache cicada on Flickr.
tigerbeatlefreak has photos of Okanagana synodica, Tibicen lyricen, Beameria venosa and other cicadas on Flickr.
Bron sent us this Green Grocer photo taken in Orange NSW Australia.
More Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) photos from Jodi!
Thanks to Jodi for allowing us to post some of her Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) photos. Two today, two tomorrow! Apparently they’re hatching in droves in Central Australia.
More photos of Jodi’s Orange Drummers.
Here are some emerging Thopha, Thopha saccata a.k.a. Double Drummer (I think — not 100% sure), taken by David Emery.
