Cicada on tree making its distinctive sound

This is the first time I've ever been up this close to one that was not just a shell. So I had to snap some photos and video of it making it's sound.

[beachlover]

you know summer is here in the south when you hear them during the day and the Katydis at night!

[julieweber]

Looks like he's dressed up like a little Frankenstein monster for Halloween!😂

[TheOminousVoidWispers]

They all sound different depending on the region... thats so cool

[temporarily-gone]

For those of you who don't know: This cicada is the Superb Dog-Day Cicada, Neotibicen superbus. It is mainly found in Texas and Oklahoma, with sparse populations in Mexico. Though this cicada is primarily found in Texas and Oklahoma, its range has gradually spread and it can now also be found in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, and Missouri. This cicada cannot be found east of the Mississippi River.

[SizzleMoonSong]

Imagine hearing this sound 24/7/365 constantly ALL the time, since 1984.
Welcome to my world with tinnitus.

[Tiggerozzy]

Such beautiful precious babies love to hear them every year 🙏❤️‍🔥

[sumthing]

I’m telling you, that’s the most beautiful sound in the world.

[jellyfishfingernail]

cicadas are so adorable. i wish they lived where i live

[Doodlesdragons]

What a cutie! Hea just looking at us with those durp eyes

[Corgipon]

This is a superb dog-day cicada; they’re all over Oklahoma and Texas.

[Photo_doctor]

Hearing this sound in wild is something

[Ersguterdjberlin]

Rattlesnake: no one can mimic my rattling sounds
Cicadas on the tree:

[dads_diy]

That fxcking sound. First time I saw one as a kid…of course I tried to poke it with a stick as humans do, and that noise made me think twice. I came home telling my dad I saw an alien species and described it. He laughed and told me what it was

[leehartlee]

I love Cicadas, but man that thing is GIANT!

[RicardoRivas-eeyk]

Chichara tht lovely sound attracts me instntly thanks

[Ur_Local_Royale_High_Fan_Lala]

He has a smily face on his back 🥺 thats so cute

[keithwilson]

We used to catch the emerging nymphs in the evening as they were emerging to break out into adulthood and put them on the curtains of our bedroom. We’d have adult cicadas buzzing around our room in the morning.

[davemanone]

Looks like a Southpark character on it's back!

[maximusdudegardens]

Where i from we hear hundreds of these in sequence in then trees mid to late summer

[AlvarezShow]

If you focus and watch this while squinting your eyes you can see a wicked design on the back of this cicada!