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Cicada Sound FAQs:
- How do cicadas make sounds / noise?
- Which cicada is the loudest?
- Do cicadas sing at night?
- When do cicadas sing?
International Cicada Sounds:
- Asia: Cicadae in Japan, Phantastic songs of the S.E. Asian cicadas!, Cicada sounds of Borneo
- Australia: The cicadas of central eastern Australia
- Europe: Songs of European Cicadas, SONGS OF CICADAS from Slovenia and Istria (Croatia)
Cicada Song Samples from North America:
Magicicada species, which are the periodical cicadas currently emerging in the United States, are at the top of the list.
North American Periodical Cicadas
Species & Song Type | Listen |
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M. cassini
Court II & III Recorded in New York, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. cassini
Distress Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. cassini
Chorus Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. cassini
Call Recorded in USA by Joe Green |
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M. cassini
Chorus Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. septendecim
Distress Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. septendecim
Court II Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. septendecim
Call Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. septendecim
Court III Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. septendecim
Court I Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II by Cicada Mania |
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M. septendecula
Call Recorded in USA by Joe Green |
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M. septendecula
Call Recorded in USA by Joe Green |
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M. sp
Chorus Recorded in New Jersey, Brood X by Cicada Mania |
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M. tredecassini
Call Recorded in Illinois, Brood XXIII by Cicada Mania |
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M. tredecula
Chorus Recorded in Ohio, Brood XXII by Cicada Mania |
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M. tredecula
Call Recorded in Ohio, Brood XXII by Cicada Mania |
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M. tredecula
Call Recorded in Ohio, Brood XXII by Cicada Mania |
Some of the North American Annual Species
Species & Song Type | Listen |
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D. olympusa
Starting Call Recorded in Florida by Joe Green |
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D. olympusa
Chorus Recorded in Florida by Joe Green |
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D. olympusa
Distress Recorded in Florida by Joe Green |
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D. viridifascia
Call Recorded in Florida by Joe Green |
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M. resonans
Call Recorded in Florida by Joe Green |
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N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica
Call Recorded in Florida by Joe Green |
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N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica
Pre Call Recorded in Florida by Joe Green |
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N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica
Call Recorded in Florida by Joe Green |
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N. tibicen tibicen
Call Recorded in New Jersey by Cicada Mania |
More North American species, select below:
- B. venosa
- B. wheeleri
- C. calliope calliope
- C. calliope calliope
- C. camerona
- C. kansa
- C. nigroalbata
- C. texana
- C. vagans
- C. valvata
- D. apache
- D. arizona
- D. aurantiaca
- D. averyi
- D. azteca
- D. bequaerti
- D. biconica
- D. cinctifera cinctifera
- D. delicata
- D. eugraphica
- D. knighti
- D. marevagans
- D. olympusa
- D. semicincta
- D. swalei swalei
- D. texana
- D. viridifascia
- D. vitripennis
- H. bifida
- H. chiricahua
- H. duryi
- H. inaudita
- H. longipercula
- H. parallela
- H. simplex
- H. texana
- H. townsendii
- M. auletes
- M. cultriformis
- M. dealbatus
- M. dorsatus
- M. figuratus
- M. pronotalis pronotalis
- M. pronotalis walkeri
- M. resh
- M. resonans
- M. tremulus
- N. auriferus
- N. canicularis
- N. chisos
- N. constricta
- N. davisi davisi
- N. davisi harnedi
- N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica
- N. hieroglyphica johannis
- N. latifasciatus
- N. linnei
- N. lyricen lyricen
- N. lyricen virescens
- N. pruinosus pruinosus
- N. robinsonianus
- N. similaris
- N. superbus
- N. tibicen australis
- N. tibicen tibicen
- N. winnemanna
- O. balli
- O. bella
- O. bella
- O. canadensis
- O. canadensis
- O. fumipennis
- O. gracilis gracilis
- O. hesperia
- O. rimosa rimosa
- O. synodica synodica
- O. terlingua
- O. utahensis
- O. vanduzeei
- O. viridis
- P. puella
- P. putnami putnami
- P. similis
- Q. gigas
Websites that feature North American Cicada Calls:
- Insect Singers is a great new site from Kathy Hill and David Marshall featuring dozens of cicada songs of North American cicadas. Many of the sound files on this site are courtesy of Insect Singers.
- Checklist of Cicadas North of Mexico features many songs.
- Cicada Videos and Sounds Alarm Squawks and Mating Calls is also very helpful for identifying cicada sounds.
- Selected North American cicada species has about 20 song samples too.