All the buzz: chorus of ‘deafening’ cicadas to soundtrack Australian summer

The sound of summer … green grocer cicadas emerged in huge numbers in the Blue Mountains in September and are now making their appearance in Sydney and parts of Victoria. Photograph: Ken Griffiths/Alamy

The east coast of Australia is heading into a big, loud cicada summer.

Prof David Emery, a veterinary immunologist and cicada expert, called it a “phenomenal season so far” for green grocer cicadas, which emerged in huge numbers in the Blue Mountains in September and are now making their appearance in Sydney and parts of Victoria.