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Posted by thegoodlife (kimberly_37@yahoo.com) on

Mon, Jul 31, 06 at 15:32

What is it? I'm in Eugene, Oregon. I am interested in knowing what it is that is lurking and buzzing in the trees and shrubs. It is a very loud electric kind of buzz I hear during the day. It starts suddenly and stops suddently. There are trees, shrubs and ponds in my yard.

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Posted by day_by_day (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 31, 06 at 15:59

Try these on for size.

http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Insects/Cicada.wav

http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magicicada/Michigan/WAVsounds/vitIL72.WAV

http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magicicada/Michigan/WAVsounds/vitMO93.WAV

http://www.naturesongs.com/cicada1.wav

I'm pretty sure you're hearing one of these. The length and pitch of the buzzes would depend on species, temperature, time of day/night, season.

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Posted by malorn (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 31, 06 at 17:43

Here's a picture of one...Tho' I've been informed this is a female..The males are the one's that "sing"

Here is a link that might be useful: cicada

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Posted by birdin_teen (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 31, 06 at 19:32

yes definitely a cicada!

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Posted by larry_gene (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 1, 06 at 1:33

We don't have the massive cicada emergences out here in Oregon like those back East, but they are around.

I have collected them at the Clackamas River, and just today noticed a dried, damaged one in Mt. Scott Park in Portland, about 100 miles north of Eugene, so they are even in large metropolitan areas.

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