Cicada songs can reach 90 decibels, which is as loud as a lawn mower. Here’s why cicada sounds can be so loud, and why they only emerge at certain times.

The sound of summer’s height is the cicada. You always hear the first one. It’s a sound you haven’t thought about for months, but, ah: the whine, the drone, the rattling diminution.

Australia alone has around 200 cicada species, and these Aussie varieties are the loudest, according to Spevak. These bugs can hit 120 decibels, the intensity of a thunderclap .

As some of the loudest singing insects on Earth are back to chirp at a volume similar to an airplane’s, Americans are rejoicing or covering their ears. Listen to some of the species.

And cicadas can get infamously loud, especially when they emerge in enormous groups known as a brood. Some have been recorded at sound levels of over 100 decibels, which is louder than the sounds ...

Husain points to two previous cicada emergences: in 2004, and in 2021 across Maryland and the East. She said that during this time, some individuals claimed the cicada sounds masked the sound of ...

Here's everything to know about cicada season in Arizona, including do cicadas bite, ... They emit loud buzzing sounds to attract mates, reaching up to 100 decibels, ...

How long will the cicada noise last? Here's when it could get quieter The noisy cicada sounds being heard across the Chicago area are "mating calls" made by male cicadas, experts explained.

Seventeen years in the making, and they are finally starting to crawl out.Cicadas are beginning to emerge across parts of Pennsylvania, and one area environment ...

ST. LOUIS — Shhhooo. Wee-uuu. Chick, chick, chick. That's the sound of three different cicada species. For some people, those sounds are the song of the summer. Others wish the insects would ...