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Boy, the humming was very loud and annoying. I assumed it was some factory nearby and complained for more than an hour about noise in the forest and how unhelpful it is to wildlife.

We found a whole forest of these insects - probably 10's of 1000's on the trees. I didn't even see them from 3-4 feet till a naturalist friend pointed them out to me. Several Yellow Throated Sparrows trying to catch them for food. But they seemed quite annoyed by something.

And we didn't find many birds in the forest - a new area I was exploring - in the morning - which was quite a bit of surprise and puzzlement to us.

Only after reaching home and researching did I find that these are Cicadas and they are making this humming noise during breeding season. And that the humming noise is quite an irritant to the birds. I am amazed and how loud the collective noise is. Still couldn't figure out the name of this Cicada - any clues would be very helpful.

Many thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.
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Author Hari K Patibanda

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