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Cicada Videos Index
About the Cicada Videos
The cicada videos section is a culmination of videos that have been accrued for the past five years. They are broken down into several different categories. You can navigate through these videos by the page navigation towards the bottom or view videos by category. Clicking on a thumbnail with a play icon will launch the video player in a modal window. Under each video is a comment form if you would like to leave a comment.
Tibicen auletes Call on Martha's Vineyard
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2006-06-11
Description: While hiking Waskosim's Rock Reservation on the border of Tisbury and Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard, I heard the call of more T. auletes. This additional video further solidifies that during the day T. auletes will call.
Referring Article: Martha's Vineyard Cicadas Day 2
Date Posted: 2010-10-31 Comments: (0) Category: Calling SongsShow Comments
M. septendecim Chorus Indiana
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2006-06-01
Description: After three quarters through the state of Indiana, I managed to stumble upon a very small chorus of M. septendecim. I found a small park many miles outside Valparaiso, Indiana called "Stony Run County Park" In LeRoy, Indiana. It is part of the Lake County parks system. This place was approximately 10 miles off of Route 30 west in Indiana. It took me around 20 minutes to get there.
Referring Article: Brood XIII Found in Indiana!
Date Posted: 2010-10-29 Comments: (0) Category: ChorusingShow Comments
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Tibicen lyricen calling song
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2005-09-05
Description: This video was taken of a Tibicen lyricen cicada calling in a group of small trees in a nursery in Northern Connecticut. T. lyricen cicadas are very abundant in New England. They do exhibit some strange behaviors like calling while walking along the branch of a tree. I have even noted them calling in flight as well. On this day, I netted a male T. lyricen with a large extension net, it walked right onto the net and continued to call all the way to the ground and only stopped calling when I grabbed it. Then it let out a rather large alarm squawk. I guess I totally surprised it.
Referring Article: Final Survey Work of the Season
Date Posted: 2010-10-28 Comments: (0) Category: Calling SongsShow Comments
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Tibicen canicularis plays dead.
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2005-08-25
Description: This video shows an unusual defense mechanism sometimes exhibited in adult cicadas. The art of playing dead. While not all cicadas exhibit this behavior, in those that do, this behavior seems to be a carry-over from nymph form into adult form by the same cicadas. Even among the same species, this behavior is not always apparent.
Referring Article: Adult Cicada Defenses
Date Posted: 2010-10-18 Comments: (0) Category: BehaviorsShow Comments
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Tibicen linnei calling song
Author: Mike Neckermann
Published On: 2005-08-24
Description: This video contributed by Mike Neckermann was recorded outside his work in Portsmouth Connecticut. Tibicen linnei while common in New York, is not that common in Connecticut.
Referring Article: N/A
Date Posted: 2010-10-31 Comments: (0) Category: Calling SongsShow Comments
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Tibicen linnei Alarm Squawk
Author: Kevin H. Bonnett
Published On: 2005-08-24
Description: Video by Kevin H. Bonnett of a Tibicen linnei (or possibly Tibicen pruinosus) being eaten by a Praying Mantis. This video is truly amazing in that the mantis has hold of each cicada wing and the cicada is furiously trying to escape.
Referring Article: N/A
Date Posted: 2010-12-21 Comments: (0) Category: BehaviorsShow Comments
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Another Cicada Killer Orientation Video
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2005-08-02
Description: This video shows how the female cicada killer orients itself to it's burrow entrance. It makes a series of longer and longer flights away from the burrow entrance. It does this in a series of maneuvers from all directions. In this way, when it returns carrying a paralized cicada, it knows the exact location of the burrow entrance and any barriers in its pat. However, if certain objects weren't there when it was performing this behavior and the object suddenly appears while it is away; like a human being, if you are in its path when it is returning the cicada killer will no doubt crash right into you because when it originally oriented itself, you weren't part of the equation!
Referring Article: More Cicadas Obtained via Cicada Killer
Date Posted: 2010-10-27 Comments: (0) Category: Cicada KillersShow Comments
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