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starfly Homosassa, FL(Zone 9a) Mar 31, 2007

can someone tell me how to kill these things ,my yard is full,so far nothing i have put on them has helped.there some kind of grass hopper.
hope you can see them had to catch then and put in can.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Mar 31, 2007

They're nymph stage Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers, Romalea guttata

http://bugguide.net/node/view/61349

Here's a page from Florida that includes some links about control:

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/lubber.htm

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Mar 31, 2007

That's a good picture, you could add it to BugFiles here:


http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/238/






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starfly Homosassa, FL(Zone 9a) Mar 31, 2007

thank you so very much,sure want to get rid of them

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Mar 31, 2007

Well, reading the U. Fla. link and the BugFiles comments, it sounds like your best bet is to smush 'em with a broom or something now, before they get too big. Good luck, they do get huge!

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