D. olympusa alarm call by Joe Green
D. olympusa alarm call by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
D. olympusa cicada alarm call by Joe Green
D. olympusa cicada alarm call by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
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Category: Video
Joe Green sent me a couple of CDs worth of North American cicadas calling and has graciously allowed us to use them for the site. The highlight of these videos is that they feature cicada calls.
I have to add descriptions, and about 50 more videos, but for now check out what’s uploaded so far.
Here’s a sample:
Neocicada hieroglyphica singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Diceroprocta viridifascia aka the Salt Marsh Cicada can be found in AL, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Song type: Call
Source: ©Insect Singers | Species: D. viridifascia
Song type: Call
Source: ©Joe Green | Species: D. viridifascia
These videos feature the call of the D. viridifascia.
Name, Location and Description
- Cicada Name: Diceroprocta viridifascia (Walker, 1850)
- Short Name: D. viridifascia
- Common Name: Salt Marsh Cicada
- Where it is found: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, VA
- Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
- Description: Black with brown and yellow highlights, and white pruinose.
- Eye Color: gray
- Pronotal Collar Color: yellow
- Identification: Bug Guide
- Identification: iNaturalist
- Type Specimen Details: The American Museum of Natural Species
- Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Song: http://www.insectsingers.com/100th_meridian_cicadas/index.html
Classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
Subtribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Diceroprocta
Species: Diceroprocta viridifascia (Walker, 1850)
List of sources
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.
Notes:
- Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.
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Tribute to Ace Jackalope
Many things in this life
Are not what they appear
Yeah I look like a hare
But if you stop and you stare
I’m related to a deer– Supersuckers “Creepy Jackalope Eye”
So what does that have to do with a cicada, well, there’s a person on YouTube named acejackalope that has been posting dozens of videos of cicadas. Lots of them feature good shots of the cicada, the species name and their song (which is important, since a lot of cicadas look the same, so you need to hear their song to identify them). All of them are great quality too.
Here’s some samples:
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Life in the Undergrowth
I just finished watching the BBC mini-series Life in the Undergrowth staring several million invertebrates and David Attenborough. (I watched it in between the picnics, fireworks, and swimming that mostly occupies my time.) Fans of cicadas and land-dwelling invertebrates will love this show. Attenborough is the best when it comes to explaining the natural world to TV viewers.
BBC thoughtfully put the segment of the show about 17 year cicadas on YouTube.
I like the bit when he lures the male around by imitating the wing flicks of females.
You can buy it in the usual places, or rent it of course.
Here’s something special. Roy Troutman has uploaded some HD quality videos of Magicicadas to YouTube. Click the links to see the full-size versions.
Periodical Cicada sitting on leaf in HD:
Periodical Cicada’s heart pumping in HD:
Here’s a Brood XIV Roy created as well:
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Cicada Killer!
Cicada KIller Wasp from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Here’s a video of a Cicada Killer wasp captured by my friend David Wilson in Lambertville, NJ. You can hear the cicadas in the background, so you know the wasp is quite frustrated.
Brood XIV Magicicadas in Ohio in 2008:
- A male missing it's abdomen.
- Another missing it's abdomen due to a fungus infection.
- Adult cicada with it's nymph skin still attached.
- A cicada laying eggs on a branch. Mating cicadas.
We need a CICADA montage! from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Watch these videos of Tibicen tibicen tibicen cicadas, aka a Swamp Cicada, formerly Tibicen chloromera.
Note that the music in this 1996 video has nothing to due with cicadas. It’s just crappy science fiction movie music:
Listen to this video of a Neocicada hieroglyphica pre-call by Joe Green.
N. hieroglyphica pre-call by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.