Very nice as usual – question: what’s that buzzing noise? Is that some sort of interference or is it some variety of cicada? The dialect is different from the ones I’ve heard so far…
I believe it’s a cicada, but I could be wrong. I’m fairly familiar with the noise, and associate it heavily with the hottest portion of the summer, but I’ve never been able to track the buzz to its source.
If it’s natural, then it’s a cicada for sure (by the way, this word in my dialect means “spit” 😉 ). Where’d you record it exactly? If you know the precise area, you can track down the song of that particular variety
I did a lot of research several years ago because I needed the sound of a specific Japanese cicada for one of my songs, that’s when I learned (and promptly forgot) a lot of surpriseing things on cicadas, which are actually amazing insects, down to the way they produce their sound (totally different from crickets and grasshoppers).
There’s a shocking number of varieties, each with its own peculiar call (and even the same variety sings slightly differently in different regions of the same country – they have dialects and accents, too O__O )
Anyway, that was years ago, so I don’t have any link handy anymore, but here’s one http://www.insectsingers.com/100th_meridian_cicadas/index.html if you want to give it a try (I will, eventually)
Very nice as usual – question: what’s that buzzing noise? Is that some sort of interference or is it some variety of cicada? The dialect is different from the ones I’ve heard so far…
I believe it’s a cicada, but I could be wrong. I’m fairly familiar with the noise, and associate it heavily with the hottest portion of the summer, but I’ve never been able to track the buzz to its source.
If it’s natural, then it’s a cicada for sure (by the way, this word in my dialect means “spit” 😉 ). Where’d you record it exactly? If you know the precise area, you can track down the song of that particular variety
Very interesting – I recorded it just a little northwest of Toronto. Is there a website I need to reference to determine what kind of species it was?
I did a lot of research several years ago because I needed the sound of a specific Japanese cicada for one of my songs, that’s when I learned (and promptly forgot) a lot of surpriseing things on cicadas, which are actually amazing insects, down to the way they produce their sound (totally different from crickets and grasshoppers).
There’s a shocking number of varieties, each with its own peculiar call (and even the same variety sings slightly differently in different regions of the same country – they have dialects and accents, too O__O )
Anyway, that was years ago, so I don’t have any link handy anymore, but here’s one http://www.insectsingers.com/100th_meridian_cicadas/index.html if you want to give it a try (I will, eventually)
I believe your variety is this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqewMIh8JEA but there is no information with the video…