{"id":36441,"date":"2013-03-28T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=fa9590017ff142df20cac6636ef8348a"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:43:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:43:42","slug":"eastern-lubber-grasshopper-romalea-microptera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/eastern-lubber-grasshopper-romalea-microptera\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Grasshoppers are common insects. Often seen and heard during thewarmer months here in the U.S., they are symbolic of summer and outdoor activities. In Florida the Eastern Lubber (Romalea microptera) is our most observed species. They are large (3 inches), brightly colored, flightless and slow moving.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Lubber’s distribution is in the “U.S Subtropics,” as you can see by the map<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

When we begin to see them in the spring, they are small black nymphs with yellow stripes. They moult through five instars and as they do, they change color to the yellow\/orange with black spots in the first photo. Above, this “teenager” is growing bigger, but still dark colored.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Being “popular” insects, grasshoppers were studied long ago! Grasshoppers are herbivorous, and although harmless to humans, some can do significant damage to crops. Want to know more about our insect world….get a copy of the “Field Guide to Insects of North America,” by my Facebook friend, Eric Eaton.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Here’s another book I liked.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Fabled in story, song and even poetry…..here’s a grasshopper ode!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Grasshopper<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

Grasshopper
\ngrasshopper
\nall day long
\nwe hear your scraping
\nsummer song
\nlike
\nrusty
\nfiddles
\nin
\nthe
\ngrass
\nas through
\nthe meadow
\npath
\nwe pass
\nsuch funny legs
\nsuch funny feet
\nand how we wonder
\nwhat you eat
\nmaybe a single blink of dew
\nsipped from a clover leaf would do
\nthen high in air
\nonce more you spring
\nto fall in grass again
\nand sing.<\/p>\n

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Conrad Potter AikenBelow is a Lubber growing larger, but still black with yellow stripes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Some taxonomists argue for Romalea gutatta.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Wiki link for Lubbers<\/p>\n

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See if you can find the grasshopper in this classic Hokusai painting!And here is a cohort of young lubber instars!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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