Polyrythmie et accords de cigales. Enregistrées en fin mai à Malinalco, (Lom Usi Pro).
je ne connais pas le nom précis de l'espèce. Il semblerait que ce sont les mâles qui font ce son en agitant une partie de leur abdomen, pour la reproduction et des questions de territoire, seulement deux mois dans l'année.

Chicharras - Nuit - Malinalco

Possible rare example of chorusing larvae of Longhorn beetles. I did not make a visual ID but this seems similar to Monochamus recorded by Veljo Runnel some years ago. https://soundcloud.com/estlander/unidentified
This recording was made close to the base of the tree to highlight the amount of falling debris being produced by the beetles. Recorded on the north coast of Saaremaa island in Estonia, July 28th, 2024.

Longhorn Beetle larvae chorusing

Black Crickets (Gryllus bimaculatis) also known as Mediterranean field crickets. Recorded in captivity at the London Zoo, using a pair of DPA4060 omnidirectional microphones.

Individual pic by Bj.schoenmakers (CC0 1.0)

Black Crickets

Underground recording of Pachnoda marginata peregrina (aka sun beetle, aka Congo rose chafer, aka taxicab beetle) larvae in captivity at the London Zoo.

Larvae of many Coleoptera (beetle) families possess stridulatory organs. Stridulations are actively produced sounds for communication created by rubbing together certain body parts*

It is still (March 2025) unclear why beetle larvae produce these sounds, though communication (attracting mates or warning other insects) is the prime theory.

Gear
Aquarian Audio H2A hydrophones, Sound Devices 744T recorder

Larvae pic by Biotropic (on Flickr.com) CC 2.0

*Görres, CM., Chesmore, D. Active sound production of scarab beetle larvae opens up new possibilities for species-specific pest monitoring in soils. Sci Rep 9, 10115 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46121-y

Beetle Larvae Song

SSF - Solo Self Found;
I designed this track from scratch, the way a spider designs it web.

CLEAR - STRIDULATE

Unidentified stridulations inside a rotten tree stump, inspired by the adventures in soil ecoacoustics of my friend Les Goodyear.

The sound could be produced by 
- ants (one ant?), going by this recently released film by Jamie House: https://youtu.be/f9FgbH3zBfM?si=mljaAN8CZtxSwZJi&t=141 - but more information is needed. 
- or by beetles, going by this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ByXirczAFs kindly shared by Mike Sims.

Any leads please let me know!

Species: no ID (yet)
Location: Spernal Plantation, Warwickshire, UK
Date and time: 16 August 2025 at 14:49
Habitat: Woodland
Gear: Zoom F3, The Les Spike on JrF contact microphone

Inside A Rotten Tree Stump

Researcher, composer and performer with sound for over 30 years using methods of field recording, kinetic sculptures, electro-acoustic creation, filmmaking, improvisation, group workshops and exercises in listening. My compositions have been published on international labels such as: and/OAR, SIRR, Mystery Sea, Staalplaat, Semperflorens, Erewhon, Intransitive, Cut, Elevator Bath, CMR, Orogenetics, Pale Disc and others.

CONCERTS /
- MADE ANYWHERE
(paris)
05/09/25

- LES BAINS DOUCHES 
(villefranche de rouergue)
28/07/25

- CASTET (carbone)
28/07/25

- IL TEATRO (bordeaux)
25/07/25

- ELLEFEST (cugand)
21/07/25

- LA LOUTRE PAR LES CORNES 
(faux la montagne)
02/05/25

- BLOCKHAUS DY 10 (nantes)
30/04/25

- VERGER DU PETIT COUBREGNIER
(cugand)
29/04/25

- LE NOUVEAU MAGNOLIA (paris)
27/04/25

- AUTOUR DU GARAGE (paris)
26/04/25

- LA CHEMINEE (bruxelles)
25/04/25

- LABOR FUR KLANG UND RAUM (kiel)
13/04/25

- LE DADA ( Toulouse)
06/03/25

- CAFÉ DU CENTRE (La Fouillade)
16/11/24

-LE NEGRAL (Lugan)
14/09/24

- PARLADISSA (Laguépie)
07/09/24

-Les découvertes de st amancet (St Amancet)
31/08/24

-SILO (Cannes-et-clairan)
24/05/24

-CHAPELLE ST-JACQUES (Villefranche de rouergue)
03/05/24

- LA MAMI (Valesville) 
09/09/23

-SILO (Cannes et Clairan)
02/09/23

- ORANGE
01/09/23

- ATELIERS DU PALAIS (Arles) 
23/08/23

- ATTRACTEUR ETRANGE (Tarn) 
18.08.23

- ABSYNTH (Ciudad de Mexico)
03/06/23

- MAKER SPACE
(Toluca-MX)
18/05/23

- CAFE POMPIER
(Bordeaux)
17/01/23

-LE POINCONEUR
(toulouse)
04/01/23

- BLAJA CREW
(toulouse)
30/11/22

- HOTEL PARTICULER
(ville franche de rouergue)
20/11/22

- LE PATO
(masseube) 01/10/22

- LA BALEINE ARVALUM (quimper) 24/09/22

- CADENCES
(toulouse) 17/09/22

- LE PRESBYTERE
(cardan) 25/08/22

- SANS DETOUR (Gayan) 14/08/22

-LA JARDINADE- 30/07/22

Hi! Angel here, Sound Artist and Field Recordist. My inspiration is the natural world. I run SoundArk. offering Audio Production and Post-Production services. I'm based in the United Kingdom, and have been lucky to travel the world through my trade.

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