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Cicada Sounds

Photo: © Gerry Bishop

Male Cicada:

Male cicadas use a pair of ridged membranes called "tymbals" to make noises. And we do mean NOISES—these guys are LOUD!

Chorus (MP3)

Courting Song (MP3)

Courting Song 2(MP3)

Courting Song 3 (MP3)

Cicada sound files courtesy of University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Thank you!

Your computer will need a media player—like QuickTime, Real Player, or Windows Media Player—to play MP3 sound files.

For more about cicadas, check out this Web page, and take a cicada quiz here.

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