cicada song
Shrill insect chorus
The sustained buzzing or clicking sound produced by male cicadas during mating season.
The noise, among the loudest of any insect, comes from vibrating membranes on the abdomen rather than rubbing body parts together.
Cicada song is synonymous with hot summer days in regions where the insects emerge: The cicada song rose and fell in waves through the August afternoon.
- sound productionCreating audible vibrations
- stridulationFriction-produced insect sound
- humLow steady sound
- Japanese haikuThree-line, seventeen-syllable verse
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
dusk · summer · dog days · rhythmic patterns · emergence · heat · summer nights · end of summer · seasonal cycles · chorus · buzz · frequency modulation · deafening · background noise · nature sounds · locust · abdomen · resonance
- animal callsbird call, bird calls, ribbit, frog calls, peep
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, wolf howl
- animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
- insect soundsbuzz, chirp, hum, buzzing, chirping
- soundscapessoundscape, soundscapes, ambient noise, nature sounds, ambient sound
- bug encountersbee sting, mosquito bite, ant bite, wasp sting, bug bite
cicada songsilence
Total lack of sound
stillness · quiet · hush · dead silence · soundlessness
cicada songbirdsong
Avian musical vocalizations
nightingale song · gentle stream · wind chimes · lullaby · cricket chirp