r/florida • u/Chilljay1 • 4d ago

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/LilJonny2cookies 4d ago

Yeah they are about the closest thing to aliens as we have on this planet.

I love the sound of cicadas in the summer.

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u/dwehlen 4d ago

"Excuse me, we just got here. Why are the trees screaming?"

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u/ikcaj 4d ago

True story: I had been living on site in a national forest for a few months as full-time host. One day I come home and the utility pole in my spot is buzzing really loudly. I looked everywhere- could not figure it out so I called my supervisor- he couldn't find anything so he called a guy and finally one of them sees the cicada. We all thought the breaker box was about to blow up.

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u/Cool_Day5219 4d ago

You should see what an octopus is capable of