InVinoVeritas

Still on the hunt for what this is, someone suggested a Malayan jungle nymph (probably Davita can advise). Anyhow I found this YouTube which gives you an idea of the sound:-

JC3

Oh alright, back to cicadas then:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xDu83Fl7Vw

JC3

InVinoVeritas

But it's not the same noise, lah!

JC3

Well if Malayan jungle nymphs make that much noise my dreams are shattered and I'm abandoning my quest.

JC3

InVinoVeritas

Here is a recording I made in the botanical gardens at 7AM this morning, sounds even more like a sawmill, don't you think?

bakedbean

Just sounds like insect noises to me. You can hear it in the jungly bits of Singapore too.

InVinoVeritas

Thank you, Captain Obvious....

Gunnar45

IVV,
I think it sounds more like cutting through metal than wood, so you may be wrong about the sawmill comarison.
(Just trying to help)

InVinoVeritas

Yes, you're right but I couldn't think of a way to describe that. It's unbelievably loud, borderline painful.

bakedbean

I just googled
loud jungle insect noises

And the second link that came up was a YouTube video of exactly same noise. Entitled
Extremely loud cicada chorus in the jungle of Cambodia

InVinoVeritas

Yes sounds the same doesn't it, though nothing like cicadas I've heard before. Well done anyway, have one on me

bakedbean

Yeh not like the good old-fashioned European cicadas that you get on Greek islands eh. I wonder why that is. Different type of cicada?

InVinoVeritas

Different language?