{"id":7136,"date":"2017-07-05T21:17:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T04:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=7136"},"modified":"2020-04-15T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T02:40:36","slug":"the-dusk-singers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/the-dusk-singers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dusk Singers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

Dusk is the time of day between sunset and night. Many species of Megatibicen & Neotibicen (formerly Tibicen) sing at this time. I’m not sure why they sing at this time — perhaps it helps them avoid audio competition with other singing insects, or perhaps it helps them avoid predators by calling at this specific time of the day. <\/p>\n

If you find yourself outdoors in the eastern half of the U.S. after sunset and hear a cicada call, it is likely one of the following Megatibicen or Neotibicen species:<\/p>\n

Megatibicen<\/h3>\n

Megatibicen are LARGE and LOUD cicadas.<\/p>\n

Megatibicen auletes<\/a><\/strong> aka the Northern Dusk Singing Cicada<\/strong>. This cicada can be found in these states: AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI. Season: July to Fall.<\/p>\n

M. auletes Call*:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05.US_.MS_.RPR_.T07.Megatibicen_auletes_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Megatibicen figuratus<\/a><\/strong> aka the Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada<\/strong>. Found in: AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA. Season: July to Fall.<\/p>\n

M. figuratus Call*:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/08.US_.GA_.PAD_.T05.Megatibicen_figuratus_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Megatibicen resh<\/a><\/strong> aka Resh Cicada<\/strong> aka Western Dusk Singing Cicada<\/strong>. Found in: AR, KS, LA, MS, NE, OK, SC, TN, TX. Season: July to Fall.<\/p>\n

M. resh Call*:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2002_USA_DAT_AA.T19_T22.Neotibicen_resh_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Megatibicen resonans<\/a><\/strong> aka Southern Resonant\/Great Pine Barrens Cicada<\/strong> aka Southern Dusk Singing Cicada<\/strong>. Found in AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA. Season: July to Fall.<\/p>\n

M. resonans Call*:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/08.US_.GA_.BIG_.T02.Megatibicen_resonans_fragment_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Neotibicen<\/h3>\n

Medium-sized, green cicadas with calls that sound like the rhythmic grinding of a scissor on a sharpening wheel (not a common tool in the 21st century).<\/p>\n

Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus<\/a><\/strong> aka Scissor(s) Grinder<\/strong>. Found in AL, AR, CO, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI. Season: June – September. Neotibicen pruinosus fulvus<\/strong> aka Pale Scissor(s) Grinder Cicada<\/strong>. Found in: KS, OK. Season: June – September.<\/p>\n

N. pruinosus Call*:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/08.US_.MS_.YAX_.T04.Neotibicen_pruinosus_fragment_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Neotibicen winnemanna<\/a><\/strong> aka Eastern Scissor(s) Grinder<\/strong>. Found in AL, DE, DC, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV. Season: June – Fall.<\/p>\n

N. winnemanna Call*:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/07.US_.VA_.BOY_.T08.Tibicen_winnemannus_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

*Audio files are Copyright of InsectSingers.com<\/a><\/strong>. Season information gathered from BugGuide.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dusk is the time of day between sunset and night. Many species of Megatibicen & Neotibicen (formerly Tibicen) sing at this time. I’m not sure why they sing at this time — perhaps it helps them avoid audio competition with other singing insects, or perhaps it helps them avoid predators by calling at this specific […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,316,300,174],"tags":[342,705,356,741,698,310],"class_list":["post-7136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annual","category-megatibicen","category-neotibicen","category-united-states","tag-m-auletes","tag-m-figuratus","tag-m-resh","tag-m-resonans","tag-n-pruinosus","tag-n-winnemanna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}