Swamp cicada sings in a meadow in Pickaway County, Ohio USA. August 23, 2009

[BULLETS4DAYZ]

these things go nuts in summit county ohio in august

[sunshine19967]

i hear the same thing in texas

[YupTanya]

Rena is comming for us

[wonderwallmusic]

@Arbitar11 Very interesting. Thanks for the info!

[epb471]

I have observed the Swamp cicada (Tibicen chloromera) many times - this is an ultra-excited specimen! Did you use simulated wing flick behavior to ilicit this response? Great video!!

[VOICESOF1]

BTW- What recording device did you use here? Its very good.

[acejackalope]

That's a great video. Thanks for posting. I wish we had chloromera around here (central KS). I guess it's properly called Tibicen tibicen now, but I still call it T. chloromera.

[VOICESOF1]

Cicada's use a Tympanum, or tympanal organ, a hearing organ in insects. It's wicked sensitive!

[wonderwallmusic]

@Arbitar11 Yeah I've heard that before... do you know how it works? Like how the cicadas hear the wing clicks?

[wonderwallmusic]

lol he is really excited with those wings