Cicadas singing – early?

On July 6, 2007 I and several people heard cicadas singing from wooded areas in eastern West Virginia.
Among the singers were Swamp cicada, Tibicen chloromera, and Davis’s Southeastern Dog-day Cicada, Tibicen cannicularis.

This seems early to us. Are you hearing cicadas? Let us know when, where and what species.
Click on the species names above to hear these cicada’s songs.
Thank you,

Davis’s Southeastern Dog-day Cicada

Swamp Cicada

Another New Singer on the Scene

The least shieldback, Atlanticus monticola, has been heard singing as far north as Ithaca NY. This is a fascinating species and careful observers should keep their eyes and ears open for this species. Typically least shieldbacks are brown. A few green backed individuals were found in northern VA. No one had ever seen any Atlanticus species with green coloration until that specimen was found. Keep a sharp eye out to see if we, as a group, can find more of these green-backed songsters. Click here to hear the least shieldback.

Thank you,

Wil