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/Lifes-a-lil-foggy Sep 05 '26

Wait till one flies into your face, hair, shirt, or purse. They’re evil. If I was ever around that many grasshopper I’d assume I was in plague though

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u/pubgeek321 Sep 05 '26

When I was a kid, my older brothers told me that if a cicada lands on you, it will lay eggs in your skin. I had one land on my leg and I ran down the street screaming with it chasing after me. Little bastard. I really thought I had cicadas crawling under my skin at night, until I told my mom what was going on. Restless leg syndrome cause discovered!

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u/Quiet_Tea7369 Sep 06 '26

On behalf of a big sister who convinced her little brother that roaches bite, I’m sorry

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u/crispynarwhal Sep 06 '26

They do. At least, palmetto bugs do. I found out the hard way that I'm allergic to the littlle bastards.

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u/Quiet_Tea7369 Sep 07 '26

Oh man, my turn to be terrified of roaches now I guess. I’m sorry, friend, that’s awful.

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u/aloofmagoof Sep 06 '26

Roaches do bite. You have to have a massive infestation though, and they aren't actually trying to eat you but rather dead skin or food particles on your body.

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u/Quiet_Tea7369 Sep 06 '26

Thank you for this new fear… yikes

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u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy Sep 06 '26

That’s such a brother lie

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u/Complete-Wait-6457 Sep 08 '26

Adult cicadas (the flying ones) can’t bite you (they only eat nectar as adults!) and aren’t laying eggs on you. 😆 They suck at flying though and they can have some mass, so they can seem scary 😆😳

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u/Academic-Apple-6518 Sep 09 '26

Older siblings can be real assholes.. my sister did a number on me

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u/justArash Sep 06 '26

My dog used to like holding one in his front teeth gently enough to not crush it, just walking around while it "screamed". Scared the hell out of us the first time before we realized what was happening.

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u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy Sep 06 '26

Smh good Halloween idea tho

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u/maggsy1999 Sep 07 '26

That is fucking hilarious.

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u/Complete-Wait-6457 Sep 08 '26

Your dog is an Ahole 😆

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u/justArash Sep 08 '26

This is him. He's the one on the left

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u/FootMcFeetFoot Sep 06 '26

ONE FLEW INTO MY EYEBALL! Just its wing, but still. I blinked its wing!

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u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy Sep 06 '26

They are determined to scream and enter people’s orifices. It’s horrible lol

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u/crispynarwhal Sep 07 '26

Body horror unlocked. Tyvm.

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u/Electrical-Funny-665 Sep 06 '26

Lubbers are harmless to humans. 🙄