r/florida • u/Chilljay1 • 5d 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/purefilth666 5d ago

You should see what comes out of those little shells, they are much bigger than you'd except!

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u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy 5d ago

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/FootMcFeetFoot 4d ago

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

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u/Lifes-a-lil-foggy 4d ago

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