ML148003

Media notes

Subtitle: Melampsalta cingulata. Three parts: a general overall sound of many cicadas calling in the forest about Lake Paringa; a closer recording of a single specimen, and then a closeup of this individual which gives great detail of the sound which is interrupted by buzzing notes at which time the wings are flipped. Insects were so high in trees we could not capture one. This was unfortunate as Dr. Ramsay of Cawthron Institute, Nelson, thinks it may be an unidentified species as it is so different from the sounds of the two species in Nelson. He suggests contact with Dr. C.A. Fleming PO Box 368, Lower Hutt, Wellington in State Fire Building, phone 699059. He is paleontologist with Geological Survey, D.S.I.R, but interested in insects. At a later date, Dr. Fleming identified this tape. Other Behaviors: Reproduction. Equipment Notes: 2-transister, grounded emitter, battery operated pre-amplifer.