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smaur Vidor, TX Jun 07, 2010

Couldn't find him in my field guide. He was on the Louisiana/ Texas border near the coast.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 08, 2010

This is a nymph of an eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Orthoptera: Acrididae); the adults look quite different (see http://tinyurl.com/2ebfx5l), which may help explain why you couldn't find it in your field guide.

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honeysucklemoon Crawfordville, FL Jun 08, 2010

These grasshoppers are VERY prolific here where I live, and from what I've seen they have no natural predators. Nothing eats these things, but THEY have a huge appetite, and will eat anything. They're very hard to eradicate.

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