What bug makes this very loud sound?

[TheFox]

Just rented a bungalow in Thap Lan national park.

When we got back from our trek tonight, we heard a very loud sound.

At first we though it was a fire alarm of some sort.

On closer inspection it seemed to come from a tall tree nearby.

I can't stress enough how it was much louder than anything we'd heard coming from insects before.

Here's a recording I made.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ugbznpuie3nwtb6/thatthing.mp3?dl=0

Would anyone be able to give us any indication as to what it might be?

[TheFox]

Trying to attach the sound file directly. Not sure if MP3 files are allowed on this forum.

thatthing.mp3

[MaeJoMTB]

Cicada

[Berty100]

Like a fire alarm you say?

Could it be this one?

http://www.facebook.com/shanghaiist/videos/10153805940931030/

[TheFox]

It did sound similar to cicada, but the ones we have in Europe are nowhere near that noise level.

[zyphodb]

I think its a young Mantis of some sort, the older ones sound more like chain saws, we have them & Cicadas around me, it didn't sound like a Cicada to me, much more Mantis like...

[abhaya]

Unless it said this it's not a mantis

[csabo]

Omg that recording is insane! I don't know what is but I would recommend buying a flame thrower today.

[zyphodb]

Unless it said this it's not a mantis

That doesn't sound like a mantis to me...

[dotpoom]

Unless it said this it's not a mantis

Brilliant....just Brilliant.

[notmyself]

I've heard it before but it was a long time ago. No idea but would love to find out.

[meatboy]

I've heard it before but it was a long time ago. No idea but would love to find out.

there was a bird that made that noise around soi cowboy.1980's it was just like a magpie would pinch anything that glittered.

[AlphMichaels]

Wow. I've never heard animal nor insect that can make that kind of noise. Sure it's not man made?

[KonKorat]

Unless it said this it's not a mantis

lol

[KonKorat]

Sounds like a smoke alarm.

[talisman01]

Where I lived the screeching insects would perform nightly at about 6.15pm every evening. Very pronounced, very loud and very co-ordinated.

Here is my recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0ByfN6pCic

[fasteddie]

Blimey, you must be a stranger to these parts, that's a circada, they can be so loud as to hurt your eardrums. Welcome to Asia.

[Ikarus111]

Blimey, you must be a stranger to these parts, that's a circada, they can be so loud as to hurt your eardrums. Welcome to Asia.

[phuketandsee]

It's definitely a cicada.