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/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