I live beside a creek in Stroud area NSW.
Cicadas have been sparse here 2007, 2008 but are deafening again this year … outside work without earplugs is painful due to “song” rain, drizzle or sunny. Loudest with early dawn 1/2 hour crescendo chorus that subsides briefly (approx hour) to begin again unbroken till dusk.
Any idea when they will subside (till next season)?
They began singing in earnest this year approx mid November.
They are great bait for creek Perch but I’m “over” their song.
Comment by helen Gillard — December 30, 2009 [AT] 5:41 pm
Dante- Black princes do have some red “stripes” on them- the colour fades a bit as they age. di you put it on your curtain for a bit?
David.
Comment by David E — December 16, 2009 [AT] 4:49 pm
Hi well i found a black prince cicada that just came out of its shell an hour ago and its just found its colour black but do the red stripes on it mean anything?
Comment by Dante — December 16, 2009 [AT] 2:01 pm
Hello Sam.
I will particpate in your cricket survey. Have some species in my yard and also in nearby parks. I wonder if we can organize this for cicadas. It would be very helpful! In NYC I have documented Tibicen chlormera, Tibicen lyricen and Tibicen linnei. Tibicen auletes reportedly lived in Staten Island as per William T. Davis. Tibicen cannicularis once lived here but since the pines are gone, I don’t think they are around anymore. We can really hone in on ranges of Tibicen cicadas in NY.
Comment by Elias — September 1, 2009 [AT] 3:02 pm
People interested in Cicadas might be interested in applying what we are doing with crickets and katydids to cicada surveys.
http://www.discoverlife.org/cricket
Thanks
sam
Comment by Sam Droege — August 31, 2009 [AT] 7:21 am
I live in
Somerville, Massachusetts
behind an/the historic revolutionary war fort/castle
Prospect Hill
There are Alot of Cicadas here!
Blue, Grey Flannel
& individually are Very loud..shreiking
individusal ones I find alive stuck to my garage & in my driveway
the canopy of trees is so loud sometimes too usually in the pm
Comment by Nancy — August 28, 2009 [AT] 9:54 pm
That is a strange scenario Rosalind. An additional hypothesis to explain this situation is that the cicada that landed on him may have done so by chance. It was likely very hungry and mistook your son for a branch on a tree. They will try to stick their beak into what they think is a branch and that can potentially hurt. It is non intentional.
Comment by Elias — August 28, 2009 [AT] 9:22 pm
Hi — if the cicada in the bag was the one making the sound, the other cicada was probably a female wishing to mate with it.
Comment by Dan — August 27, 2009 [AT] 12:53 pm
I don’t know anything about cicadas! Here is the story: My 8th grader gets extra credit in science for bringing in interesting bugs. I found (what I now know was a cicada) on my porch on it’s back….Dead. Or at least I thought so. I put it in a baggie and left it on the counter overnight. This morning when I handed the baggie to my son, the baggie MOVED and made the LOUDEST sound! Scared me to death. So, cicada in the baggie — not so dead. My son took the baggie with his in his hand to the bus stop. Now, here is where it gets interesting. A cicada flies out of nowhere and lands on my son’s shoulder — and then “sticks” him right after the baggie cicada makes the loud sound again! I can see the mark it left through his t-shirt! Was the other cicada trying to save the baggie cicada???
Comment by Rosalind — August 27, 2009 [AT] 12:15 pm
Met up with Cathy who lives in Coram, New York yesterday. Met her last year during the Brood XIV emergence. Not sure if Tibicen auletes lives in her neighborhood. She may have heard one last year. Additionally may have T. lyricen and T. canicularis too. I think she is catching CICADAMANIA!! Welcome aboard Cathy!
Comment by Elias — August 23, 2009 [AT] 8:52 pm
T. chloromera and T. linnei with a few T. lyricen calling loudly in NY at this time. Excellent year for T. chloromera. Found 7 T. auletes nymphal shells in New Jersey. No luck getting a specimen yet. Glad the message board is back on!!
Comment by Elias — August 18, 2009 [AT] 8:11 am
Heard a very light Tibicen chloromera chorus today in Queens New York. Been waiting a long time!!!
Comment by Elias — July 19, 2009 [AT] 7:25 am
Today is July 13. First Tibicen cicada of the season found. Tibicen chloromera female. 10 dyas behind schedule here in NY!
Comment by Elias — July 13, 2009 [AT] 8:35 pm
Today is July 3rd. The first Tibicen lyricen was heard calling high up in Alley Pond Park (New York). Cicada season has officially started in the North!
Comment by Elias — July 3, 2009 [AT] 10:06 pm
Thanks Elias
Comment by Drachenfanger — July 2, 2009 [AT] 3:34 am
http://www.musicofnature.com/songsofinsects/iframes/specieslist.html
The website
Comment by Elias — July 1, 2009 [AT] 8:49 pm
Guten tag Drachenfanger! Glad you are enjoying our cicadas. A very useful website is “Songs of Insects”. Go to the lower right and click on the cicadas’ species and you will see a large picture with a recording of the call. It is very helpful to figure out which member of the choruis is singing. I visited Deutschland in 1988 and when I was in Bavaria, I believe I did hear a cicada call. they were definitely not as common or as load as here in the US. So I was an Auslaender back then too LOL! Enjoy your stay here in the States.
Comment by Elias — July 1, 2009 [AT] 8:49 pm
Thanks for determining the Type. Today is the loudest day but I assume it is not the peak of loudness. Anyway cool experience for an Auslaender as I am.
Comment by Drachenfanger — July 1, 2009 [AT] 5:56 pm
I agree! The pictures are nice. It has a black pronotal color. I think this is a female Tibicen lyricen. Very nice. Still waiting for Tibicens to come up in New York. It has been extremely rainy here in the North East!
Comment by Elias — July 1, 2009 [AT] 4:36 am
Cool Tibicen photos Drachenfanger.
Comment by Dan — June 30, 2009 [AT] 8:41 pm
Found several cicadas in Virginia Beach two weeks ago. Exciting.
Here some picture I have taken: http://agiesea.blogspot.com/2009/06/was-ist-das-fur-ein-insekt.html
Comment by Drachenfanger — June 30, 2009 [AT] 6:00 pm
I wonder what cadas eat other than tree sap? I AM 12 HAHAHAH
Comment by erica — June 30, 2009 [AT] 9:34 am
I found a cicada in sundre AB. only cicada I’ve evr seen its really weak
Comment by eriaca — June 30, 2009 [AT] 9:25 am
There are many cicadas around Carrollton TX and very many shells
Approxiamatly 50 in my yard.
Comment by Davis B — June 22, 2009 [AT] 2:12 pm
Where was this Hemda?
Comment by Elias — May 30, 2009 [AT] 7:34 pm
this morning I found many cicadas (about 30) stuck to my brick front around the garage. Some wings on the driveway. None were flying at that time and some looked like they were molting.
Comment by Hemda G — May 15, 2009 [AT] 9:42 am
We’ve had at least 60 cicadas on our grass and all over our cars in our driveway the past two days. Many in various stages. What’s weird is that I don’t see any on our neighbor’s property. We do have a very large tree in our front yard. I’m not sure if that has anything to do with it. We live in Springfield, VA (Northern VA).
Comment by Liz Merck — May 15, 2009 [AT] 7:00 am
We have seen cicada’s at our home in Fredericksburg Virginia.
Comment by Judy Johnson — May 10, 2009 [AT] 3:18 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37290005 [AT] N07/3431631308/
This isn’t really much of a sighting as much as it’s a picture of my arm with a cicada tattoo. I originally foung my idea for this on your site while looking through all of the different pictures.
Comment by Kate — April 11, 2009 [AT] 6:20 am
