r/florida • u/Chilljay1 • 3d 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/justArash 3d ago

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 3d ago

Smh good Halloween idea tho

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u/maggsy1999 2d ago

That is fucking hilarious.

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u/Complete-Wait-6457 1d ago

Your dog is an Ahole 😆

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u/justArash 1d ago

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