Northern Dog-day Cicada

Also known as Dog-day Harvestfly, Heatbug, Annual Cicada

These robust, green-and-black insects emerge during the hottest weeks of mid-to-late summer, filling the canopy with their high-pitched, buzzing songs. Males produce this characteristic droning sound using specialized abdominal organs called tymbals to attract mates high in the treetops. After mating, females deposit eggs in twigs, and the hatched nymphs burrow underground to spend several years feeding on root sap before emerging to transform into winged adults.