Less than a centimeter. What might it be?
Tiny Hopper
It's a nymph of a grasshopper, most likely in the family Acrididae. For a list of known grasshoppers and allies (suborder Caelifera; katydids and crickets are in suborder Ensifera), see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230818641_Checklist_Orthoptera_Caelifera_Ecuador
Thank you for that link and being a nymph explains the small size.
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