The sounds of summer in Central Texas are buzzin' with life. No summer afternoon is complete without the serenades of countless cicada. There are at least three species that I have heard hanging around here... Tibicen superba, Tibicen resh, and Tibicen pruinosus. I encountered a superb green cicada yesterday afternoon flipping and sputtering around in the yard. I took a few shots, but when I went to change lenses he disappeared into the green somewhere...hidden.
But you can't miss his unmistakable sound...
http://www.insectsingers.com/100th_meridian_cicadas/songs/04.US.TX.LWI.C23.Tibicen_superbus_two_phrases_filtered.mp3
Just wouldn't be summer without it.
"If the robin is to many the harbinger of spring, then the cicada is perhaps an advance scout for autumn warning all who hear it to 'enjoy the summer while you can for the end is near'."
~Charles Fonaas
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