What kind of cricket is this…
I found this cricket on the side of our house tonight. There were "swarms" of them, so to speak. There were at least 100 of these little things all over the wall. They weren’t too big but were black with a redish orange stripe down the side and on top of them… The picture attached is a camera phone picture so I do have to appologize for the quality of it. Thank you for your help,
Nick
Hi Nick,
These look like Easter Lubber Grasshoppers, Romalea guttata, the dark form. This grasshopper is found in the southeast U.S.
¶ Posted 17 March 2006 § ‡ ° two photos – can you help me
Hi bugman
I enclose two photos that I took on the outskirts of Beijing in China. The two mainly white butterflies are not very large – between 1-2 inches I should think. The second picture I have called a chinese grasshopper for want of a better idea. It’s quite brightly coloured and from memory about 3-4 inches long. I hope you can help me by telling me what they are.
Thanks again
John Rocha
Hi John,
The mating butterflies are Gossamer Winged Butterflies, Lycaen Blues, though we do not know the species. The Grasshopper might be one of the Toothpick Grasshoppers.
¶ Posted 14 March 2006 § ‡ ° A bug on my plant
Hi there, just wondering what kind of bug this is. Would be great if you can help me..
God bless,
Andrea
Hi Andrea,
Some species of Grasshopper. Eric Eaton came to the rescue: ” Ok, the grasshopper is likely to be the cattail toothpick grasshopper, Leptysma marginicollis, or, more remotely, the glassy-winged toothpick grasshopper, Stenacris vitreipennis.”
¶ Posted 14 March 2006 § ‡ ° Grasshopper?
I didn’t see this grasshopper at your site. The photo was taken in Baker County Georgia. Unfortunately I can’t remember the size of the grasshopper. It did fly.
Zaroga Goff
Hi Zaroga,
We are fairly certain that this is an Obscure Birdwing Grasshopper, Schistocerca obscura. It is found in the south, including Georgia and Florida. It is found in fields and open woodlands, according to BugGuide. The pale yellow dorsal stripe is a distinguishing feature. Eric Eaton also offers this possibility: ” The obscure bird grasshopper is actually more likely to be the American bird grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. The markings are pretty consistent in that species, much less ornate on most of the other Schistocerca. After all that, I’m not saying you aren’t correct already. It is a tough genus.”
¶ Posted 14 March 2006 § ‡ ° Venezuelan Grasshopper
Hallo Bugman,
this Grasshopper lives in the south of Venezuela. Locals said, it is the biggest Species there.
Christian
Hi Christian,
Thanks for all the photos you sent in. It will take some time to post them all, but we will try. Hopefully, womeone will write in and identify some of your creatures.
¶ Posted 26 February 2006 § ‡ ° egyptian grasshopper? locust?
found this guy on a recent trip to the sinai desert in egypt. we bonded. love the site,
michael bailey
Hi Michael,
Thanks for sending in your photo a second time. We noticed it back in December, but were swamped. Then mail piles up and letters don’t get answered. We need a secretary. Sadly, we cannot identify your curious Orthopteran, but perhaps someone else will if we post it. ERic Eaton wrote in: ” The Egyptian grasshopper is likely in the Pyrgomorphidae, although most members of that family sport much brighter colors. So, I could be wrong about this specimen. The triangular head is pretty distinctive, though.”
¶ Posted 24 February 2006 § ‡ ° Mating Leichardts Grasshopper ~ Rare
I sent in a big locust pic about 7 weeks ago and thought immediately of your site when I saw this amazing grasshopper on my trip to the Northern Territory of Australia. My boyfriend and I had a guide take us into the bush for the day and one of the spots was a restricted road to an old Uranium mine. According to her it’s one of the very few places you can see this grasshopper. Hope you like it.
Adrinna Hardy
P.S. The other pic is of a big dangerous plastic cockroach we left as a gift for the next person to find when they opened the box to get the parks information pamflets. hehehe
Hi Adrinna,
You are such a trickster. Thanks so much for the photo of Leichardt’s Grasshopper, and mating to perpetuate the species. We will do some web research on the species and provide an additional link. If we can figure out how to link to a pdf file, we will provide the only online information we could locate on Petasida ephippigera, a Northern Australian icon.
Mating Leichardts Grasshopper ~ Rare
I sent in a big locust pic about 7 weeks ago and thought immediately of your site when I saw this amazing grasshopper on my trip to the Northern Territory of Australia. My boyfriend and I had a guide take us into the bush for the day and one of the spots was a restricted road to an old Uranium mine. According to her it’s one of the very few places you can see this grasshopper. Hope you like it.
Adrinna Hardy
P.S. The other pic is of a big dangerous plastic cockroach we left as a gift for the next person to find when they opened the box to get the parks information pamflets. hehehe
Hi Adrinna,
You are such a trickster. Thanks so much for the photo of Leichardt’s Grasshopper, and mating to perpetuate the species. We will do some web research on the species and provide an additional link. If we can figure out how to link to a pdf file, we will provide the only online information we could locate on Petasida ephippigera, a Northern Australian icon.
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