Acridae, Locusts and Short-Horned Grasshoppers
Subject: Insect Identification Request Geographic location of the bug: Booderee National Park, New South Wales, Australia Date: 10/24/2021 Time: 12:09 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I photographed this in February, 2020, and would love to know what it is. How you want your letter signed: Nick Dear Nick, We are having difficulty identifying … Read more
Subject: Happy Halloween! Geographic location of the bug: Coryell County, Texas Date: 10/14/2021 Time: 01:48 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hello again! I hope you are all well. Many insects in this photo, and I only know one, I think, a green lynx spider with prey. This photo is titled Macabre Magnolia in … Read more
Subject: Mystery grasshopper Geographic location of the bug: Silver City, NM Date: 09/23/2021 Time: 06:15 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman : I found this grasshopper while walking up a wash in Silver City. I’ve never seen one like it before. Can you identify it for me? How you want your letter signed: Karen … Read more
Subject: Locust/grasshopper Geographic location of the bug: Near Rhodes Village, Eastern Cape South Africa Date: 04/13/2021 Time: 06:01 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Well-camouflaged in our only indigenous tree in this area, the Ouhout, Leucosidea sericea How you want your letter signed: Russell Dear Russell, We apologize for the late response. We have … Read more
Subject: Need Wing Identification Geographic location of the bug: South Africa Date: 04/14/2020 Time: 02:58 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I found these wings in my yard and i canot find anything on google please help How you want your letter signed: Please just email me thanks a lot These are Grasshopper wings, … Read more
Subject: Phymateus leprosus? Geographic location of the bug: Kurisa Moya – Bush Forest Reserve – Tzaneen South-Africa Date: 11/23/2019 Time: 05:06 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I have seen this bug in the garden of our guesthouse of Kurisa Moya in the Woodbush Forest Reserve near Tzaneen in South Africa. It was about … Read more