insects sounds from the forests of Northern Thailand

cicadas

Aola bindusara 55k
Ayuthia spectabile 117k
Cicada ventriroselus 169k
Cryptotympana aquila 145k
Cryptotympana sp. 156k
Dundubia interemata 77k
D undubia nagarasingna 113k
Dundubia spiculata 149k
Macrosemia chantrainei 106k
Macrosemia tonkiniana 227k
Meimuna nauhkae 137k
Meimuna new 143k
Meimuna tavoyana 68k
Orientopsaltria cantavis 49k
Platylomina umbrata 132k
Platylomina new sp. 89k
Pompona scitula 91k
Pomponia dolorosa 180k
Pomponia fuscuoides 88k
Pomponia intermedia 1 246k
Pomponia intermedia 2 214k
Pomponia linearis 293k
Salvazana mirabilis 112k
Tosena albata 308k
Tosena melanoptera 232k
a cicada gets going (Tosena albata) (93k)
lowland cicada 76k
cicadas from doi inthanon: number 1 80k
                                        number 2 60k
                                        number 3 69k
Doi Pui 127k
unidentified evening cicadas:  number 1 79k
                                             number 2 63k
other unidentified cicadas: number 1 214k
                                         number 2 83k
                                         number 3 69k
                                         number 4 136k
                                         number 5 196k
                                         number 6 125k
                                         number 7 130k
an unusual cicada which is good at cutting through wood 200k
the blessed silence when the cicadas have stopped            8k

crickets

cricket chirping  According to local lore, a cricket chirping outside your house means a visitor will be calling. 40k
crickets in rhythm 64k
chorus of frogs with crickets 92k
more cricket rhythm 290k
   
   
   

other insects

carpenter bee          35k
carpenter bee and cricket    23k
blue bee looking for a flower to alight on 44k
longhorn beetle     43k
crickets accompanied by Collared Scops owl 29k     
katydid at night 58k      
death's head hawk moth 99k

other creatures

chorus of squirrels and frogs

 1.26 MB
gibbons at dawn 627k
   
Four common feathered songsters
  
Oriental magpie-robin mono 771k
White-rumped shama: stereo 1.63 MB
                                   mono 2.4 MB
Black-throated laughingthrush: stereo 1.7 MB
                                               mono 851k
Golden-fronted leafbird    stereo 1.4 MB
                                       

audio files for downloading or playing are strangled into mp3 format

old recordings made with Sony DCR-PC100 video camera using Sennheiser microphone; recent recordings made with Sony MZ-R401 minidisc and ECM-MS 957 mic.

Most recent cicada and bird recordings made with Marantz PMD690 with Sennheiser 66 mic, Telinga Science or Stereo Dat mic.

 

I am grateful to Michel Boulard for identifying many of my cicada calls. Even after receiving help from the world's leading experts, however, I am still able to make mistakes. These are all my own work.