Ricky B sent us this sound file of a cicada that he recorded in August of 2010 in Chicago:
Can you guess which species it is?
Hint: try sites like Insect Singers and Songs of Insects sites for ideas.
September 2, 2010
September 8, 2007
Many new Cicada Videos from Phoebe
Here’s some cicada videos Phoebe found on YouTube:
cicada singing, then crawling:
cicada singing, good side view:
Cicada mystery movement: What are they up to?
And from Japan セミã®ç”Ÿæ…‹: cicadas mating:
November 12, 2006
Side views of N. pruinosus and M. figuratus
Tibicen season is officially over in central Mississippi. Here’s some great side view photos from Paul Krombholz.
Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus (Say, 1825):
Megatibicen figuratus (Walker, 1858):
August 21, 2006
Auletes (no Megatibicen grossus) IS the biggest USA cicada!
Cicada researcher Kathy Hill took this unbelievable photo of 18 different USA Neotibicen & Megatibicen specimens, plus a Quesada gigas (upper right) for comparison.
Click/tap the image for a much larger version. Contact Insect Singers for more information about the image.
I just took a photo of all the “eastern USA” Tibicens except
latifasciata, which we haven’t got yet (I didn’t include the “little
western” Tibicens like T. texana that are more centrally located
either). But I did also add T. duryi from the west coast and Q.
gigas, just for comparison.I just wanted to prove that auletes IS the biggest USA cicada 🙂
Note that the these cicadas were reorganized into two new genera: Megatibicen (larger USA Tibicen) and Neotibicen (smaller USA Tibicen) since this original announcement in 2006.
* Note as of 2023 the name of this cicada has changed to Megatibicen grossus. You can also call it a Northern Dusk-Signing Cicada. Cicada names change a lot.