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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Grasshoppers</title>
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		<title>Toxic Milkweed Grasshopper from South Africa:  Koppie Foam Grasshopper</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/20/toxic-milkweed-grasshopper-from-south-africa-koppie-foam-grasshopper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colorful Grasshopper from South Africa
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Hi, I found this guy roaming my house and not being timid provided me with an opportunity to take some nice snaps I thought would make a welcome addition to your great site. Not sure what species it is though. Keep up the good work.
Allan, [...]


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		<title>Eastern Lubber Grasshopper</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/06/eastern-lubber-grasshopper-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[lousiana grasshopper
Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Dear Bugman,
I worked at a volunteer camp in St. Bernard, Louisiana for a couple of years and these huge grasshoppers were always a source of wonder! When they are little, they&#8217;re half and inch long and slowly roamed around in packs of 20+.
A few weeks later, they were [...]


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		<title>Northern Green Striped Grasshopper:  Pink/Purple form</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/03/26/northern-green-striped-grasshopper-pinkpurple-form/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/03/26/northern-green-striped-grasshopper-pinkpurple-form/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purple grasshopper, Chortophaga viridifasciata nymph maybe?
Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:00 PM
This has got to be one of the cutest little critters I&#8217;ve ever seen! It&#8217;s purple! I have never seen one like it before. A friend of mine caught it in her yard, and saved it for me. I&#8217;ve had so much fun trying [...]


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		<title>Newly hatched Eastern Lubber Grasshopper</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/03/14/newly-hatched-eastern-lubber-grasshopper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/03/14/newly-hatched-eastern-lubber-grasshopper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[red striped bug
Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:58 PM
I walked out to the driveway and there were a hundred of these bugs on the driveway and in the dirt adjacent, and crawling up weeds in the area. The sort of jump like crickets. It was 80 degrees, 5pm, in Orlando FL. Is this a common [...]


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		<title>Namibian Grasshopper:  Roadkill</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/03/namibian-grasshopper-roadkill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/03/namibian-grasshopper-roadkill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red-headed, Red-legged, Red + Blue winged, Yellow striped bug
Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Dear Bugman
I must begin with an apology that the bug whose identification I request is decapitated in the attached photograph but assure you that this is not a bug mug shot to be assigned to the ‘unnecessary carnage’ division. Its savage [...]


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		<title>Unknown Grasshopper from Namibia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/25/grasshopper-from-namibia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/25/grasshopper-from-namibia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huge unknown Namibian grasshopper
Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Hi, i came across this huge grasshopper (locust?) in the Zaris Mountains in Namibia. It must have been close to 10cm long, the biggest hopper i have ever seen! Can you help me identify the species? Can it be some kind of desert locust?
Geir Drange
Namibia
Hi Geir,
We [...]


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		<title>Possibly Wrinkled Grasshopper from Texas</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/25/possibly-wrinkled-grasshopper-from-texas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/25/possibly-wrinkled-grasshopper-from-texas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grasshopper
Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Earlier this month I was trying to take photographs of birds when I saw this insect land in front of me. I assume that it&#8217;s a grasshopper and not a katydid. It was on the ground at the entrance to a field adjacent to parkland and close to houses [...]


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		<title>Namibian Stone Grasshopper</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/10/large-unknown-namibian-grasshopper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/10/large-unknown-namibian-grasshopper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big namibian grashopper
Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Big namibian grashopper
Hi, we stumbled across this large and very well camouflaged grasshopper in august in a mountain range in Namibia. When we were getting very close, it started to rub its hind legs against its abdomen &#8211; making quite a loud noise (obviously to scare us [...]


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		<title>More Toxic Milkweed Grasshopper Nymphs from South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/07/more-toxic-milkweed-grasshopper-nymphs-from-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/07/more-toxic-milkweed-grasshopper-nymphs-from-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Milkweed Locust?
Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Green Milkweed Locust (Phymateus viripides)? Is out of range according to guidebooks but ID seems 99%
Photographed in the Langeberg Range in South Africa in montane fynbos ecosystem. Photo is attached
Brett
Langeberg Range in South Africa
Hi Brett,
How nice to get additional Pyrgomorphid Grasshopper images from you.  These immature [...]


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		<title>Immature Toxic Milkweed Grasshopper from South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/06/immature-toxic-milkweed-grasshopper-from-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/06/immature-toxic-milkweed-grasshopper-from-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South African Grasshopper
Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:43 AM
Photographed at Cape Point, SA. A photo is attached.
Brett
Cape Point, South Africa
Hi Brett,
This is an immature Toxic Milkweed Grasshopper, AKA Gaudy Grasshopper, AKA Bushlocust, in the family Pyrgomorphidae.  It may be Phymateus saxosus, but we are not certain.  Grasshoppers in this family feed on toxic milkweed and [...]


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