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Curious to hear what the #BroodX ‘buzz’ is about? The Folkways catalog is home to an abundance of #cicada sounds! Many know the loud shrill of these insects, but few are familiar with their wing tones, as captured here on "Cicada Warm-up and Flight." folkways.si.edu/sounds-of-inse…
This recording is part of a collection of spiritual dreamsongs among the Temiar people of the central Malaysian rainforest, where the pulsing song of the #cicada is believed to evoke feelings of wistfulness and can "draw the listener off into the forest." open.spotify.com/track/4tSyqmBi…
.@SmithsonianFolk's article on cicada folklore shares the T'boli myth behind “Utom kuleng helef” (Call of the cicada), a song that alludes to the unrelenting calling of #cicadas at sunset. Learn more: s.si.edu/3phr4Mz
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Still processing my first run in with the police...
I've been doing a lot of cicada interviews & with national news outlets contacting me, I thought I should have some live ones onhand. So I was delighted when my cousin called panicking about the "swarm" on the side of her home.
I've been doing a lot of cicada interviews & with national news outlets contacting me, I thought I should have some live ones onhand. So I was delighted when my cousin called panicking about the "swarm" on the side of her home.
She invited me to come over last night and relocate them to my yard where they haven't yet emerged. I showed up at midnight with all of my collecting equipment because that's when the cicada party really gets going!
It was so enchanting to watch the mass emergence that I just got lost for a couple hours in the exceedingly rare natural experience unfolding around me. So I didn't even notice when the cops quietly showed up.
