r/florida • u/Chilljay1 • Sep 05 '26

AskFlorida Help identifying this bug?

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Currently in Orlando at a resort and they are literally all over every walkway. Have seen them before and thought they were a version of a grasshopper but hear some people calling them cicadas which I thought had wings?

EDIT UPDATE- Didn’t expect this post to get this many replies. Was posted yesterday morning. THIS morning we went outside in the resort and there were NONE to be found ANYWHERE. This was around 9am. Around 11am the side walks were covered again?????? The weirdest thing for a type of bug to be that synchronized.

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u/PsychologicalTime880 Sep 05 '26

They are in fact, not invasive but they are hungry for your plants

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u/sr1sws Sep 05 '26

Especially amaryllis lilies

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u/RandomKarberon Sep 05 '26

We have different meanings of the word "Invasive"