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.

Next to Fourth of July fireworks, perhaps one of the loudest “sounds of summer” has arrived. Radio Iowa’s Pat Curtis reports: Audio: Cicada report. :55 It’s the annual singing of the cicadas.

Cicada sounds are like love songs to flies: Mating calls attract unwelcome attention from insects seeking a ‘singles bar’ Fly known as Emblemasoma erro uses sound in order to seek cicada hosts ...

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.

A cicada in Japan has gone viral after emitting an ear-splitting sound that evokes a motorcycle getting revved up. Arina Chaynikova, 32, a translator from Russia, happened upon the motorbike ...

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.

To these flies, cicada sounds are like love songs. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 07 / 160705102433.htm. Entomological Society of America.

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 .

To these flies, cicada sounds are like love songs. Entomological Society of America. Journal Journal of Insect Science Funder University of Colorado, University of Colorado Museum of Natural ...

2. The loud whirring or buzzing sound you hear is an all-male cicada chorus. (Females make a much quieter sound by flicking their wings.) Cicadas don't sing at night, so don't blame them if you ...

One day, the cicada sound machine stopped working so teacher Adam Gerhardstein rewired the whole thing to find out it just needed new batteries. One of the project's biggest fans is six-year-old ...