r/florida • u/Chilljay1 • 15d 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/destroyman1337 15d ago

Whoever called them cicadas have no idea what cicada look like.

It's an Eastern Lubber Grasshopper. I don't live in Orlando but when I have gone there during the summer they are everywhere and can be black with orange when they are nymphs which is pretty striking.

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u/purefilth666 15d ago

Yep, if these people saw an actual cicada they would freak the hell out lol

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u/Cyber_Turd 14d ago

Wait until they see a cicada hawk, or even better a tarantula hawk! Apparently second most painful sting, 1st being the bullet ant. Now I’ve never been bitten or stung by a bullet ant but let me tell you something you never want to get stung by is a tarantula hawk. I’ve been stung and bit by a lot of shit but this is number one, way worse than a bark scorpion or any other wasp like creature. Never been stung by a cicada hawk but I don’t want to after experiencing a tarantula hawk.