Grasshopper
November 19, 2011
Hi Buggy!
I found this beautyful Grasshopper. It was about the size of my nail and I think it’s immature. Any clue about it?
The Location is Jaraguá, São Paulo, Brazil.
Cesar Crash
Grasshopper Nymph
Hi Cesar,
Please use our standard form for submissions in the future. We apologize for the delay, but we have been busy. We don’t know the species, but you are correct that this is a nymph. Often nymphs change their coloration drastically as they mature.
Grasshopper Nymph
I think my concept of delay is quite different from yours. It was so fast! And please do not apologize, I just have to thank you for everything I learned with you.
Muito Obrigado!
Identification Courtesy of Karl
Hi Daniel and Cesar:
I believe it is an immature Lubber Grasshopper (Romaleidae) in the genus Zoniopoda. It looks a lot like Z. omnicolor (see enlargement here), but apparently that species does not occur along the Atlantic coast of Brazil. Another possibility is Z. tarsata, which is more common and more widely distributed than Z. omnicolor. I was only able to find one online image identified as an immature Z. tarsata, on a site for the Reserva Natural Isla Martin Garcia (once you figure out how to navigate through the site it is the third last image). (See adult Zoniopoda tarsata here.) Regards. Karl
Thanks much Karl. We now have to update the mating Heteropterans from Namibia. We didn’t read your identification yet, but we did notice you sent it.
Grasshopper at Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve
Location: Gardena, California
October 9, 2011 9:53 pm
Hi,
We went over to the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve today for their first annual ”bug hunt” – not real bugs, just toys set out for the kids. It was part of their second Sunday of the month walk of this very interesting wetlands that is owned by the City of Gardena. This was our first time there and my husband Marty discovered this grasshopper. There was a local entomologist there named Emile Fiesler, but we got a bit ahead of him in the walk as he was mainly there to educate the young children who came for the bug hunt. Can you identify this grasshopper for us?
Signature: Thanks, Anna Carreon
Differential Grasshopper
Hi Anna,
The herringbone pattern on the hind femur is a distinguishing characteristic of the Differential Grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis, which BugGuide describes as: “Forewings, pronotum uniform, without distinctive marks. Black herringbone markings on outer face of hind femora. Yellow hind tibiae.” BugGuide also notes that the Differential Grasshopper is a “Significant crop pest in the Midwest.”
Hi Daniel,
Thanks so much and we will see you at the Lummis Home this Saturday. Mom, Marty and I definitely plan to attend and hope that nephew Robby will also be there. He has an assignment for one of his classes at Cal State Northridge that requires him to be at Madame Tussauds Hollywood this weekend, so he may not be able to be there. He thinks his Aunt Anna is very quirky and seems to like to come along on as many of my planned outings possible so he can get a few giggles in here and there. I do have him convinced that I pet bees . . .
Anna
Wonderful Anna. Please introduce yourself. Quite a few of your images will be featured in the presentation.
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¶ Posted 10 October 2011 § ‡ ° Proscopiidae
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
October 5, 2011
Hi Bugged! It’s me again, Cesar Crash, from São Paulo, Brazil.
You said once you’re not familiar with Proscopiidae, right? http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/07/jumping-stick-from-patagonia-argentina/
I’m sending some pics of my little friend, it’s different from the Argentinian one. I took this one when it was a baby, I put in a plant (the same of the treehoppers) and it grown there, every weekend I used to look for it. I cannot find them in BugGuide. Searching in internet, I found some names like Tetanorhynchus sp., Stiphra robusta. Hope this pics should be useful.
Jumping Stick
Hi Cesar,
Thanks so much for sending us some photos of a Jumping Stick or Stick Grasshopper from the family Proscopiidae. We found some nice photos on the Fauna of Paraguay web page. Stick Grasshoppers are endemic to South America.
Stick Grasshopper
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¶ Posted 06 October 2011 § ‡ ° Mischievous Bird Grasshopper Part 3
Location: Northeast Florida
September 17, 2011 9:22 pm
I submitted a couple of photos of a Mischievous Bird Grasshopper a few weeks ago. This grasshopper still around–there’s only one and it stays in one areas of the yard. I took a photo of it today and I thought you might like to see the change in it. The color is becoming darker, more reddish brown now.
Signature: Karen
Mischievous Bird Grasshopper
Hi Karen,
Thanks for continuing the documentation of the Mischievous Bird Grasshoppers in your yard.
You’re welcome! And sorry about the typos–I sent the message off quickly without reading it over till now. This grasshopper is still around, and it stays in one area of the yard.
Karen
Hi again Karen,
We do not generally correct the grammar on the submissions we receive, though we do try to make sure our responses are correct.
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¶ Posted 18 September 2011 § ‡ ° Horse Lubber (Taeniopoda eques)
Location: Cochise County, Arizona
September 17, 2011 5:32 pm
Hi, you mentioned that you hadn’t received any current images of Horse Lubbers in several years, so here are a couple of photos from September 2011
Signature: Debra Claus-Walker (mom of Sarah who posted the immature horse Lubber photo)
Horse Lubber
Hi Debra,
Thanks so much for sending us your photo for posting. Since Sarah sent the photo of the nymphs two years ago, we have only posted one additional photo of an adult Horse Lubber, so your photo is greatly welcomed. These are most certainly beautifully colored and marked grasshoppers.
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¶ Posted 17 September 2011 § ‡ ° Location: Los Angeles, CA
August 26, 2011
While working in the garden yesterday, we couldn’t help but to notice this strikingly bright yellow Bird Grasshopper Nymph. Generally the nymphs we see are bright green, but a comment from David J. Ferguson on BugGuideindicates: “The nymphs of Schistocerca can be very difficult, because the colors vary so much in the same species, and different species can look very similar.”
Gray Bird Grasshopper Nymph
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¶ Posted 27 August 2011 § ‡ ° Update on Mischievous Bird Grasshopper
Location: Northeast Florida
August 25, 2011 7:26 pm
I went outside after work today and saw the Mischievous Bird Grasshopper again. I’m pretty sure it’s the same grasshopper since it’s the only one in that part of the yard, but it’s changed since I saw it a few days ago. Now it seems to have wings, and the color is less yellow. I’m attaching a photo from today.
Signature: Karen
Mischievous Bird Grasshopper
Hi Karen,
It was most thoughtful of you to provide this document of the passage of time. The photo of the adult or imago of the Mischievous Bird Grasshopper is a nice follow-up to your earlier identification query.
¶ Posted 26 August 2011 § ‡ ° Grasshopper
Location: Northeast Florida
August 22, 2011 7:43 pm
I saw this grasshopper in my yard in northeast Florida yesterday and again today. I’ve never seen one like it. It’s tan all over, and has very odd-looking striped eyes. It doesn’t seem to have wings or at least not fully grown wings. I went through all the grasshopper messages and photos here on WTB but couldn’t find anything that matched it.
Signature: Karen
Mischievous Bird Grasshopper
Hi Karen,
We haven’t decided if we are more amused by the scientific name Schistocerca damnifica, or the common name Mischievous Bird Grasshopper. Both are pretty awesome. You are correct that this immature nymph does not yet have fully developed wings. You can read more about this species on BugGuide where it is described as: “Uniform reddish brown coloration above with no lighter bands, small size and pronotal ridge help distinguish this from other members of the genus.” We believe it is a new species for our website, unless this unidentified Red Grasshopper posted in 2005 is the same species.
What a name for a grasshopper! Thanks for identifying it for me. I’ve never seen a grasshopper like this before.
Karen
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¶ Posted 23 August 2011 § ‡ ° 
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