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Crickets and bush‐crickets: Borneo, Tanjung Baluran, july 1992, savana. Birds in the background.
0:37
2.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Thailand, Khao‐Yai National Park, February 1976, at night in grass.
0:40
3.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Thailand, Khao‐Yai National Park, February 1976, at night in grass. Frogs in the background. (1)
0:15
4.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Thailand, Khao‐Yai National Park, February 1976, at night in grass. Frogs in the background. (2)
0:26
5.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Australia, Lake Barrine, September 1974, at night at the forest edge. This song is reminiscent of that of an amphibian.
0:25
6.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Cameroon, near Douala, June 1971, night in the savana. Other insects in the background.
0:38
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Crickets and bush‐crickets: Cameroon, near Douala, June 1971, night in the savana. Goats and villagers in the background.
0:29
8.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Cameroon, near Douala, June 1971, night in the savana. Other insects in the background.
0:39
9.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Cameroon, near Douala, June 1971, night in the savana
0:33
10.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Senegal, near Oukout, August 1992, during twilight in a palm grove.
0:35
11.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Martinique, January 1969, at night at the forest edge. At the same time, sounds like bells of small Martinique frogs.
0:45
12.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Réunion island, the Cirquede Cilaos at 1300 m. altitude, February 1998, nightfall in a banana plantation.
0:40
13.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Réunion island, the Cirque de Cilaos at 1300 m. altitude, February 1998, nightfall in rough grass. In the background the same insect as in 12.
0:36
14.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Réunion island, Saint‐Étienne river, at night near sea level, December 1997, in tall, dry grass. Other insects in the background.
0:27
15.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Réunion island, near Pavillion at 400 m. altitude, February at dusk in grass and bushes.
0:33
16.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Réunion island, near Pieter Both at night at an altitude of 900 m., February 1998 in tall grass on the roadside. In the background, a dog and the sounds of a village.
0:25
17.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: France, Bugey, end of April 1998 at night. Field cricket. Note the irregular or hesitant rhythm.
1:04
18.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: France, Bugey, at night in mid August. European tree‐cricket. This cricket sings from July to October, exclusively at night.
1:22
19.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: France, Bugey, at night, a cricket, the Large conehead, with European tree‐cricket and Great green bush‐cricket in the background. (very high‐pitched)
1:01
20.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: France, Bugey, during the day in August, Wood cricket. A very feable song, heard at less than a metre distant, nearly year round, in woods.
0:33
21.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Northen Venezuela, May 1972, in the day in equatorial forest. Lower‐pitched cicadas are well present.
1:24
22.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: In the north of the Cameroons, May 1971, at night, in savana grass. Other insects in the background. (very high‐pitched)
1:05
23.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Réunion island, Saint‐Étienne river, December 1997, at the beginning of night, in tall, woody grass. Crickets in the background.
0:29
24.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: Martinique, forests near Fort‐de‐France…
0:31
25.
Crickets and bush‐crickets: France, in the Drôme near Crest, September 1998 at night. Song of a Great green bush‐cricket. (very high‐pitched). European tree‐cricket in the background.
0:30
26.
Grasshoppers: France, Bugey, at 1400 meters on the Grand Colombier mountain, an afternoon in mid August. Large mountain grasshopper. It can also be heard flying, as can feeding bees and bumble bees.
0:32
27.
Grasshoppers: France, Bugey, at the same site, a Stripe‐winged grasshopper. In the background cow bells, bees and bumble bees. (very high‐pitched)
0:36
28.
Mole‐crickets: Southern Tunisia, Chemsa oasis, February 1999, at night in a palmgrove. In the background an African toad sings and the sound of voices at the oasis.
0:52
29.
Mole‐crickets: Réunion island, Matarum at an altitude of 1300 m., November 1997, at night, in a groundnut plantation.
0:37
30.
Mole‐crickets: Northern Australia, Lake Barrine, September 1973, at night.
0:36
31.
Mole‐crickets: Cameroon, near Douala , June 1971, at night in savana.
0:31
32.
Mole‐crickets: China, Mount Omei, Setchouan, May 1981, at night in grass.
0:50
33.
Mole‐crickets: France, in Haute‐Provence, in a vineyard at night, a Vine mole‐cricket Gryllotalpa vineae; in the backgroubnd a Four‐spot bush‐cricket.
0:47
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Cicadas: France, in Haute‐Provence, three species sing together; the Common cicada and the Grey cicada, with a third unidentified species, singing continuously but more quietly. (very high‐pitched)
2:07
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Cicadas: China, Setchouan, Mount Omei, May 1981, during the day from a tree.
0:25
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Cicadas: China, Setchouan, Mount Omei, May 1981, during the day from a tree. (very high‐pitched)
0:19
37.
Cicadas: Indonesia, Philippines, February 1993, during the day from a tree. Song of the cicadas so extremely loud that it’s impossible to hold a conversation a few metres from them. Bird singing in the background.
1:25
38.
Cicadas: Malaisia, Taman Negara Park, March 1977, by day in forest. (1)
0:56
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Cicadas: Malaisia, Taman Negara Park, March 1977, by day in forest. (2)
0:37
40.
Cicadas: Malaisia, Taman Negara Park, March 1977, evening in forest. Other cicadas in the distance. (very high‐pitched)
0:30
41.
Cicadas: Thailand, Khao‐Yai Park, February 1976, by day in forest.
0:35
42.
Cicadas: Sulawesi, spring 1993, by day in forest.
1:39
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Cicadas: Sulawesi, spring 1993, by day in forest.
0:29
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Cicadas: Sulawesi, spring 1993, by day in forest. Cicadas and a bumble bee in the distance. (very high‐pitched)
1:23
45.
Cicadas: Sulawesi, spring 1993, by day in forest. A pigeon sings in the background.
3:05
46.
Cicadas: Borneo, summer 1992, by day in forest. Song of a pair of gibbons in the distance.
0:50
47.
Cicadas: Borneo, summer 1992, by day in forest. Songs of birds in the background.
1:37
48.
Cicadas: Venezuela, May 1972, by day in forest.
1:21
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Cicadas: Venezuela, May 1972, by day in forest. Here we actually hear several cicadas that have completely synchronized their songs, which considerably increases the volume.
0:44
50.
Cicadas: Venezuela, May 1972, by day in forest. With a woodpecker drumming.
0:40
51.
Cicadas: Venezuela, February 1998, by day in forest. Much bird song.
1:55
52.
Insect concerts: Irian‐Jaya marshes. New Guinea, March 1997, late afternoon. Crickets, mole‐crickets and cicadas. A two part concert, the second close to a stream, with the song of frogs. (very high‐pitched)
3:51
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Insect concerts: Irian‐Jaya marshes. New Guinea, Mars 1997, late afternoon. A cicada dominates the concert. Much bird song and the sound of a stream.
3:39
54.
Insect concerts: French Guyana, April 1997, sunrise in the forest on the St. Ali trail. Bird song in the background. (very high‐pitched)
5:08
55.
Insect concerts: Senegal, near Ousouge, August 1992, middle of the night in forest. A mosquito flying in the background.
1:42
56.
Insect concerts: Gabon, March 1995, in forest before sunrise. Song of a Senegal coucal in the background.
1:34
57.
Insect concerts: Gabon, same site on the same day, during sunrise. A barbet seems to be keeping time.
6:04
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Insect concerts: Gabon, same site on the same day, after sunrise. These three concerts are of interest as they were recorded in the same place, within an hour of each other. The changes are quite perceptible. Song of a robin‐chat at the end.
5:05
59.
Insect concerts: Sumatra, in a wooded area, summert 1992, at dusk.
1:39
60.
Insect concerts: Martinique, January 1969, around Fort‐de‐France, a selection of sounds from the countryside at night. Among these insects, at the start, the “blacksmith”, that gives its brief and regular anvil sound, and near the end the “head‐scratcher” (a species of grasshopper) that produces a grating sound.
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