It's the male cicada that sings; the female is silent.

It's the male cicada* that sings; the female is silent.

Dr Abe V Rotor

 

Cicada, it's the male shrilling in the trees,
     love call to the females on the run;
then a would-be bride or two come close
     to Romeo and Caruso rolled into one.

*Psithyristria specularis Stål, 1870, is a cicada found in the Phillipines.

Family: Cicadidae Subfamily: Cicadinae