--- Here’s a cicada website giving the onomatopoeia version in English of “zing-zing-zing.” It's the way I hear it in English, too. (Please read below)

http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/alma-ga...
Of cicadas, Bob Yapp and Answer Book

For those of you coming to this story late, cicadas are insects whose chorus begins late in the afternoon with the ascending zing-zing-zing sound coming from the trees. The sound is made by vibrating membranes on the sides of the male's abdomen. The song has been likened to someone pressing scissors against a grinding wheel.

Here’s a great cicada website. It has great visuals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada


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Note added at 41 mins (2010-10-29 14:30:09 GMT)
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I agree with your buzz buzz (bees, flies) and chirp-chirp (crickets)...Mosquitos buzz, too. Very annoying. Japanese is loaded with onomatopoeic expressions but it's amazing how many there are in English, too!

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Note added at 54 mins (2010-10-29 14:43:11 GMT)
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--- Here are two other websites on the subject of cicadas using "zing-zing-zing" to describe the sounds that the male cicadas make:

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090827/articles/90827502...
Male cicadas produce the zing-zing-zing sound by vibrating membranes, known as timbals, on the sides of their abdomen. It's sweet music to the females.

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2008/aug/060801.htm
The annual cicadas start the insect chorus in late afternoon with the ascending zing-zing-zing sound coming from the trees. The common annual cicada in Iowa is the species known as the scissor-grinder, a name that describes the sound made by the vibrating membranes on the sides of the abdomen of the males.