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:
- Japan: Cicadae in Japan
- South east Asia: Phantastic songs of the S.E. Asian cicadas!
- Borneo: Cicada sounds of Borneo
- Australia: The cicadas of central eastern Australia
- Europe: Songs of European Cicadas, SONGS OF CICADAS from Slovenia and Istria (Croatia)
- World-wide: BioAcoustica/a> has many cicada songs, including Brevisiana brevis, the loudest cicada.
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
M. cassini Court II & III. Recorded in New York, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. cassini Distress. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. cassini Chorus. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. cassini Call. Recorded in USA by Joe Green.
M. cassini Chorus. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. septendecim Distress. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. septendecim Court II. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. septendecim Call. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. septendecim Court III. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. septendecim Court I. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.
M. septendecula Call. Recorded in USA by Joe Green.
M. septendecula Call. Recorded in USA by Joe Green.
Magicicada Chorus. Recorded in New Jersey, Brood X (2004) by Dan Mozgai.
M. tredecassini Call. Recorded in Illinois, Brood XXIII (2015) by Dan Mozgai.
M. tredecula Chorus. Recorded in Ohio, Brood XXII (2014) by Dan Mozgai.
M. tredecula Call. Recorded in Ohio, Brood XXII (2013) by Roy Troutman.
M. tredecula Call. Recorded in Ohio, Brood XXII (2013) by Roy Troutman.
Some of the North American Annual Species
D. olympusa Starting Call. Recorded in Florida by Joe Green.
D. olympusa Chorus. Recorded in Florida by Joe Green.
D. olympusa Distress. Recorded in Florida by Joe Green.
D. viridifascia Call. Recorded in Florida by Joe Green.
M. resonans Call. Recorded in Florida by Joe Green.
N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica Call. Recorded in Florida by Joe Green.
N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica Pre Call. Recorded in Florida by Joe Green.
N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica Call. Recorded in Florida by Joe Green.
N. tibicen tibicen Call. Recorded in New Jersey by Dan Mozgai.
Pages that feature sound files:
- Beameria venosa (Uhler, 1888) aka Aridland Cicada
- Beameria wheeleri Davis, 1934
- Cacama valvata (Uhler, 1888) aka Common Cactus Dodger
- Cicadettana calliope calliope (Walker, 1850) aka Southern Grass Cicada
- Cicadettana camerona (Davis, 1920)
- Cicadettana kansa (Davis, 1919)
- Cicadettana texana (Davis, 1936)
- Clidophleps vagans Davis, 1925
- Cornuplura nigroalbata (Davis, 1936)
- Cornuplura rudis (Walker, 1858)
- Diceroprocta alacris & Diceroprocta apache
- Diceroprocta apache (Davis, 1921) aka Citrus Cicada
- Diceroprocta arizona (Davis, 1916)
- Diceroprocta aurantiaca Davis, 1938
- Diceroprocta averyi Davis, 1941
- Diceroprocta azteca (Kirkaldy, 1909) aka Scrub Cicada
- Diceroprocta bequaerti (Davis, 1917)
- Diceroprocta biconica (Walker, 1850)
- Diceroprocta bicosta (Walker, 1850)
- Diceroprocta crucifera (Walker, 1850)
- Diceroprocta eugraphica (Davis, 1916)
- Diceroprocta knighti (Davis, 1917)
- Diceroprocta marevagans Davis, 1928
- Diceroprocta olympusa (Walker, 1850) aka Olympic Scrub Cicada
- Diceroprocta ornea (Walker, 1850)
- Diceroprocta psophis (Walker, 1850)
- Diceroprocta ruatana (Distant, 1891)
- Diceroprocta semicincta (Davis, 1925)
- Diceroprocta swalei swalei (Distant, 1904)
- Diceroprocta texana (Davis, 1916)
- Diceroprocta vitripennis (Say, 1830) aka Green Winged Cicada
- Hadoa bifida (Davis, 1916)
- Hadoa chiricahua Davis, 1923
- Hadoa duryi Davis, 1917
- Hadoa inaudita Davis, 1917
- Hadoa longiopercula Davis, 1926
- Hadoa parallela Davis, 1923
- Hadoa simplex Davis, 1941
- Hadoa texana Metcalf, 1963
- Hadoa townsendii (Uhler, 1905)
- Magicicada cassinii (Fisher, 1852) aka Cassini 17-Year Cicada
- Magicicada neotredecim Marshall and Cooley, 2000
- Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Linnaeus’s 17-Year Cicada
- Magicicada septendecula Alexander and Moore, 1962
- Magicicada tredecassini Alexander and Moore, 1962
- Magicicada tredecim (Walsh and Riley, 1868)
- Magicicada tredecula Alexander and Moore, 1962
- Megatibicen auletes (Germar, 1834) aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada
- Megatibicen cultriformis (Davis, 1915) aka Grand Western Flood Plain Cicada
- Megatibicen dealbatus (Davis, 1915) aka Plains Cicada
- Megatibicen dorsatus (Say, 1825) aka Giant Grassland Cicada
- Megatibicen figuratus (Walker, 1858) aka Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada
- Megatibicen harenosus Cole 2017
- Megatibicen pronotalis pronotalis Davis, 1938
- Megatibicen resh (Haldeman, 1852) aka Resh Cicada
- Megatibicen resh (Haldeman, 1852) aka Resh Cicada
- Megatibicen resonans (Walker, 1850) aka Southern Resonant Cicada
- Megatibicen tremulus Cole, 2008 aka Cole’s Bush Cicada
- Neocicada chisos (Davis, 1916)
- Neocicada hieroglyphica aka Hieroglyphic Cicada
- Neocicada hieroglyphica johannis (Walker, 1850)
- Neoplatypedia constricta Davis, 1920
- Neotibicen auriferus (Say, 1825) aka Plains Dog-day Cicada
- Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841) aka Dog-day Cicada
- Neotibicen davisi aka Davis’ Southeastern Dog-Day Cicada
- Neotibicen latifasciatus (Davis, 1915) aka Coastal Scissor(s) Grinder Cicada
- Neotibicen linnei (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) aka Linne’s Cicada
- Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti (Davis, 1910) aka Dark Lyric Cicada
- Neotibicen lyricen lyricen (De Geer, 1773) aka Lyric Cicada
- Neotibicen lyricen virescens Davis, 1935 aka Costal Lyric Cicada
- Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus (Say, 1825) aka Scissor(s) Grinder
- Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922 aka Robinson’s Annual Cicada or Robinson’s Cicada
- Neotibicen similaris apalachicola Marshall and Hill, 2017
- Neotibicen similaris similaris (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) aka Similar Dog-Day Cicada
- Neotibicen superbus (Fitch, 1855) aka Superb Dog-Day Cicada
- Neotibicen tibicen australis (Davis, 1912) aka Southern Swamp Cicada
- Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Morning Cicada
- Neotibicen winnemanna (Davis, 1912) aka Eastern Scissor(s) Grinder
- Okanagana balli Davis, 1919
- Okanagana bella Davis, 1919 aka Mountain Cicada
- Okanagana canadensis (Provancher, 1889) aka Canadian Cicada
- Okanagana fumipennis Davis, 1932
- Okanagana hesperia (Uhler, 1872)
- Okanagana rimosa rimosa (Say, 1830) aka Say’s Cicada
- Okanagana synodica synodica (Say, 1825) aka Walking Cicada
- Okanagana utahensis Davis, 1919
- Okanagana vanduzeei Distant, 1914
- Okanagana viridis Davis, 1918 aka Cotton Green Cicada
- Pacarina puella Davis, 1923 aka Little Mesquite Cicada
- Platypedia putnami putnami (Uhler, 1877)
- Platypedia similis Davis, 1920
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.