Love those bugs!

**kurt** · 03-12-2010, 06:06 AM

Some sweet sounds - Songs of Insects - In Celebration of Our Singing Insects

I love cicadas.

These are a couple of my favorites from summer days:
Hireoglyphic Cicada - SongsofInsects.com

Swamp Cicada - SongsofInsects.com

And an anglewing from summer nights:
Lesser Angle-wing - SongsofInsects.com

Katydid summer night:
Common True Katydid (northern race) - SongsofInsects.com

**Mermaid** · 03-12-2010, 09:58 AM

One of the happiest sounds ever, that of a sultry summer evening and the voices of cicadas filling the air. Thank you Kurt!!!

**Will B** · 03-12-2010, 12:07 PM

Here's something that was fun...

Open 5 or 6 of the more interesting bugs by right clicking on the link and opening it in a new window. When it loads, stop it. Once you get 5 or 6 ready to go start each one in quick succession so they all play at the same time! It sounds just like a summer night...

**gardenia23** · 03-13-2010, 02:02 PM

What a fantastic website! Favorite springtime song though has to be peepers... any day now! Love 'em.

**Beach Runner** · 05-01-2011, 11:09 AM

The roar of the cicadas here in GA is making me feel like I have swimmer's ear and giving me a headache!

I heard the sound yesterday AM when I let the dog out. It scared her, and she didn't want to go out. I drove around and tried to figure out the source of the noise. It's everywhere. So I called the non-emergency police phone number, and a nice police officer told me it was cicadas.

I felt so dumb. I really don't remember ever hearing this sound, but apparently it happens every 13 years.

It is really "bugging" me. Even indoors. So I have earplugs on.

**bluecat** · 05-01-2011, 11:21 AM

I love to hear the first sounds of spring, little creatures are like me, they too are happy that winter is over.

**Beach Runner** · 05-01-2011, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by bluecat

I love to hear the first sounds of spring, little creatures are like me, they too are happy that winter is over.

I agree. But the 24-7 loud sounds are disorienting to me. Thus the earplugs.

**happy2Bme** · 05-12-2011, 12:43 PM

Cicadas, good; yellow flies, bad..... the little yellow devils have been REAL active in the Pt. Washington area the past two nights! Love the summer; hate being prey to predatory bugs.

**Teresa** · 05-13-2011, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Beach Runner

The roar of the cicadas here in GA is making me feel like I have swimmer's ear and giving me a headache!

I heard the sound yesterday AM when I let the dog out. It scared her, and she didn't want to go out. I drove around and tried to figure out the source of the noise. It's everywhere. So I called the non-emergency police phone number, and a nice police officer told me it was cicadas.

I felt so dumb. I really don't remember ever hearing this sound, but apparently it happens every 13 years.

It is really "bugging" me. Even indoors. So I have earplugs on.

BR - you really called the police? omc that is hysterical!!! So, city folk don't hear the cidacas often? never thought of that! I'm listening to them now, but its kind of low key at the moment. cicadas do tend to crank it up - you get used to it.

you should hear the frogs in the swamp in Pt Washington - you would absolutely not believe it. Deafening. Sometimes, they are so loud in the summertime you can't talk or hear others talk when you are sitting outside on the porch. but still somehow very wonderful. What a song of happiness.

DD · 05-14-2011, 09:23 AM

I'll take cicadas any day over LOVE BUGS!

oh wait....they don't make noise...

**Teresa** · 05-14-2011, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by DD

I'll take cicadas any day over LOVE BUGS!

oh wait....they don't make noise...

very quiet little pests!!! love bugs are annoying. glad they don't bite or make noise. speaking of biting... I hear the horrible yellow flies have surfaced in SoWal! BR has given me an idea about how to deal with those mofos!

**kathydwells** · 05-14-2011, 07:05 PM

Kurt, I just this thread and boy would you be in heaven here. We have the 13 year Cicadas emerging now. They are every where here at my house. On everything, in everything and boy are they LOUD. It seriously sounds like a helicopter is landing in my yard. My doggies think they are tasty treats and have been eating the heck out of them. They find a hole in the ground and wait for them to emerge and then CHOMP! It is crazy how they know right where to look for them. I bet I have over a thousand holes in my yard where they have emerged. Below are some pictures I have taken of them.

At first I thought the white one down there in the fourth picture was Albino until I realized they come out of their shells like that. They hang on the shells until they are dry and turn black with those big red eyes!!! You can see the holes in the ground where they have emerged from.

**Beach Runner** · 05-14-2011, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Teresa

BR - you really called the police? omc that is hysterical!!!

Even funnier than that: I have a new Blackberry because my old one died. With the old phone I had to press the mouse button to make anything happen. With the new one the mouse button just needs to be touched. The day after I called 911, I had stuck it in my back pocket and accidentally butt dialed 911 and had to explain what happened. I was telling some of my colleagues about this, and as they were ROTFL, one of them said, "I guess after the call, the 911 operator told everyone, 'It was just some a$$ calling me out the cicadas.' "

Originally Posted by kathydwells

Kurt, I just this thread and boy would you be in heaven here. We have the 13 year Cicadas emerging now. They are every where here at my house. On everything, in everything and boy are they LOUD. It seriously sounds like a helicopter is landing in my yard. My doggies think they are tasty treats and have been eating the heck out of them. They find a hole in the ground and wait for them to emerge and then CHOMP! It is crazy how they know right where to look for them. I bet I have over a thousand holes in my yard where they have emerged. Below are some pictures I have taken of them.

At first I thought the white one down there in the fourth picture was Albino until I realized they come out of their shells like that. They hang on the shells until they are dry and turn black with those big red eyes!!! You can see the holes in the ground where they have emerged from.

I never saw them emerge. Thanks for the photos. I have actually gotten used to the noise.

Definitely better than yellow flies. They were even on the beach tonight, despite the breeze. Big D is gonna have some big welts tomorrow.

**Douglas the Intrepid** · 05-14-2011, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by Beach Runner

The day after I called 911, I had stuck it in my back pocket and accidentally butt dialed 911 and had to explain what happened. I was telling some of my colleagues about this, and as they were ROTFL, one of them said, "I guess after the call, the 911 operator told everyone, 'It was just some a$$ calling me out the cicadas.' "

I thought you stated that you called the non emergency police number originally. If you had called 911 over bugs being too loud, its a miracle your not arrested...

**Beach Runner** · 05-14-2011, 09:26 PM

I did call the non-emergency number, but in our town these calls go to the same place.

**Rita** · 05-14-2011, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Beach Runner

The roar of the cicadas here in GA is making me feel like I have swimmer's ear and giving me a headache!

I heard the sound yesterday AM when I let the dog out. It scared her, and she didn't want to go out. I drove around and tried to figure out the source of the noise. It's everywhere. So I called the non-emergency police phone number, and a nice police officer told me it was cicadas.

I felt so dumb. I really don't remember ever hearing this sound, but apparently it happens every 13 years.

It is really "bugging" me. Even indoors. So I have earplugs on.

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BR, you've got me smiling and giggling at this! Somehow I can just hear that conversation. I love this - thank you! ..

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**Rita** · 05-14-2011, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by Teresa

very quiet little pests!!! love bugs are annoying. glad they don't bite or make noise. speaking of biting... I hear the horrible yellow flies have surfaced in SoWal! BR has given me an idea about how to deal with those mofos!

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And that might be?? ....................... or are you just going to call 911 on the yellow flies? ..

I need to look up that old yellow fly thread in case they're around when we come. I mixed up some vinegar water in a spritzer bottle last year just in case - but they weren't out when we were there so I don't know if it would have worked.

If someone has the link to that thread, would you post it here please.

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**Teresa** · 05-15-2011, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by Rita

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And that might be?? ....................... or are you just going to call 911 on the yellow flies? ..

I need to look up that old yellow fly thread in case they're around when we come. I mixed up some vinegar water in a spritzer bottle last year just in case - but they weren't out when we were there so I don't know if it would have worked.

If someone has the link to that thread, would you post it here please.

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yes, I'm calling the Sheriff to the yellow fly! They are definitely a severe nuisance! and you can try whatever mixture of pest control you wish, but the only real way to keep them from biting is to stay inside (these bites are worse than a bee sting, imo - it swells and throbs for days). Fortunately, they don't come to the beach. Those are the black flies that come out to the beach with the north wind now and then - usually in the Fall.

**Beach Runner** · 05-16-2011, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by Teresa

yes, I'm calling the Sheriff to the yellow fly! They are definitely a severe nuisance! and you can try whatever mixture of pest control you wish, but the only real way to keep them from biting is to stay inside (these bites are worse than a bee sting, imo - it swells and throbs for days). Fortunately, they don't come to the beach. Those are the black flies that come out to the beach with the north wind now and then - usually in the Fall.

I think you should call a lawyer and sue those flies for pain and injury damages.

Seriously, though, Big D was in such pain from bites last night that he couldn't sleep.

Back to the cicadas -- they're gone! Now that I know they weren't terrorist drones about to attack, I miss their lulling sound.

**Teresa** · 05-16-2011, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by Beach Runner

I think you should call a lawyer and sue those flies for pain and injury damages.

Seriously, though, Big D was in such pain from bites last night that he couldn't sleep.

Back to the cicadas -- they're gone! Now that I know they weren't terrorist drones about to attack, I miss their lulling sound.

Their song is the sound of summer. We have them around very often - almost all the time it seems - in the woods of Pt Washington. I don't want to see swarms of them though - yikes!

**Beach Runner** · 05-16-2011, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by Teresa

Their song is the sound of summer. We have them around very often - almost all the time it seems - in the woods of Pt Washington. I don't want to see swarms of them though - yikes!

The local newspaper said they'll be back. It's just too cold for them right now. I look forward to hearing them again. These are the once-in-thirteen-years type of cicadas, so I'll enjoy the sound while I can. I agree, it is sort of intimidating when they swarm.

EDIT: They're back!
Hubby still has a nasty-looking bite from a yellow fly Saturday afternoon.

**kurt** · 06-03-2011, 07:43 AM

http://www.nashvillelifestyles.com/a...306010102/1396

**Beach Runner** · 06-03-2011, 07:48 AM

Actually I got used to the sound of the cicadas and learned to love hearing the sound. They all died last week, so now I'll have to wait 13 years for the nymphs to re-emerge and hear them again.