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Immature Grasshopper “Herd” in South Africa

Posted by bugman November 24th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

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Possibly a Grasshopper ?
Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:49 AM
This group of several dozen bugs was seen early afternoon. They would move a few centimetres then stop (all on top of each other) and then move again in unison. We inotially thought they were on top of and eating something but this was not the case as when they moved there was no trace of anything where they had been.
Peter St Clair
St Lucia Wetlands Park, South Africa

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Grasshopper Herd in South Africa

Hi Peter,
These are immature Grasshoppers or Nymphs. We are not certain of the species however. They resemble North American Lubber Grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae. We especially like your vivid description of the “herd’s” method of locomotion.

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Immature Grasshoppers in South Africa

Hi, Daniel:
Wow, you have been very busy posting!  I turn my back for a week and….wham!  LOL!
The “grasshopper herd” are nymphs of something in the Pyrgomorphidae most likely, being that colorful and all.
Eric

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