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D-Zine
06-11-2005, 03:41 PM
Hey hey guys check it out!
I was in Jax, Fla a few weekends ago helping a friend move. I saw this cool grasshopper on the fence and asked my friend to snap a shot of it for me because I had never seen one that looked like that before.
Nice shot he took eh? ;)
http://coastalcarousel.com/GDF/grasshopper.jpg
morea
06-11-2005, 04:00 PM
wow, neat mutant grasshopper! I have never seen one that color before!
D-Zine
06-11-2005, 08:15 PM
I was calling it the "Sith Grasshopper"!
I think defjoe would agree...LOL ;)
morea
06-11-2005, 09:56 PM
LOL - perfect!
Tyger
06-11-2005, 10:46 PM
pretty cool! yup never seen those colours before either...sith grasshopper totally fits!
That's a pretty scary looking bug. He kind of looks like he just got done with a light saber duel, he's missing a few limbs :)
D-Zine
06-12-2005, 02:35 AM
i just noticed that myself Kool! LOL!
he lost his hand..err...linb...LOL!! so maybe he is Anniken and later joined the dark side! Yep! :D
defjoe
06-12-2005, 03:01 AM
Darth Hopper
LMAO at Defjoe
We found it it's a Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea guttata. It's a real nasty little bugger. :D
morea
06-12-2005, 12:45 PM
sounds like he'd fit right in at Talk Like a Pirate Day...
Avast, ye lubbers!
Keyare
06-13-2005, 12:40 AM
Whoo! he's got armour and everything! Like the old Batmobile!
uncle carbunkle
06-13-2005, 01:49 PM
looks pretty evil - nice photo!
hey kool, why do you say that they're nasty? do they bite or eat plants or commit credit card fraud and identity theft?
a few years ago, we got those lady bugs that BITE...:(...now you can't play with lady bugs any more...
Unc, in the bug forum, (yup there's a bug forum) where I found the ID they were talking about how these guys will swarm in and pretty much eat your entire yard.
Biting lady bugs, eek! http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif
D-Zine
06-13-2005, 02:03 PM
:eek: biting ladybugs! Yikes!
He has been deemed "Darth Hopper"!
yeah Kool found out about the hopper - his name and how evil he can be! lol
:thumbsup Kool:
morea
06-13-2005, 02:09 PM
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/lubber.htm
Defensive Characteristics
Eastern lubber grasshoppers possess a variety of abilities to defend themselves. Their bright color pattern is a warning to predators that the lubber contains toxic substances. Indeed, there are several records attributing the demise of individual birds to failure to exercise caution when selecting prey items. Also small mammals such as opossums have been known to vomit violently after ingesting a lubber, and to remain ill for several hours.
If the red, yellow, and black coloration fails to keep a predator at bay, then the lubber may secrete a foamy spray from the thoracic region (the portion of the body where the legs and wings are attached.) This spray consists of a number of compounds, some of which, are irritants. This bubbly froth is accompanied by a relatively loud, frightful hissing sound. The insect contracts the abdomen to force air out of the spiracles along with the defensive secretion. The sound is produced as the spray is being forced out of these tiny holes in the thorax called spiracles. Eastern lubbers, like most all grasshoppers, can also regurgitate recently consumed plant material. This regurgitant is mostly liquid and has a dark brown color. This is commonly referred to as 'tobacco spit.' The tobacco spit is partially digested food material along with some semi-toxic compounds from the insect's crop region. This substance can easily stain clothing.
D-Zine
06-13-2005, 02:12 PM
Thats disgusting!!
Thanks Morea :D
LMAO :p
uncle carbunkle
06-13-2005, 02:13 PM
so...i should start drinking raid, or just spray it around?
*yeesh*
morea
06-13-2005, 02:17 PM
unc, you and I are pretty safe. These don't look like they ever venture farther north than Virginia. (whew!)
D-Zine
06-13-2005, 02:31 PM
Oh lucky me down here in Georgia! :confused: lol
I can't believe in being down here 27 years, this is the first time I have ever seen one of these. Ewe - he could have spewed on me in his defense! Whew! I got lucky!!
lol
DeleteYourself
06-13-2005, 02:43 PM
I knew a girl who used to eat these in middle school.
D-Zine
06-13-2005, 03:06 PM
Deleteeeeeeeee!! Are you serious?? Did she have tabacco spit?
LMAO
morea
06-13-2005, 03:09 PM
eew.
DeleteYourself
06-13-2005, 03:31 PM
It was, perhaps the most disguisting thing I ever witnessed.
Keyare
06-13-2005, 03:57 PM
Ew, an aerosol Grasshopper.
Did she get sick?
D-Zine
06-13-2005, 04:01 PM
the more I think of it, the luckier I was I guess.
Darth Hopper *could* have felt threatened by me and my friend leaning over him with the camera but he was still, and calm...didn't even draw his light saber to begin a dual! No foamy, icky stuff either -- oh thank goodness!
;)
Jason Fraker
06-13-2005, 05:10 PM
You were spared a terrible fate, indeed, Leanne. We're glad you're still with us!
morea
06-13-2005, 05:11 PM
lol @ Jason!
Mynock
06-13-2005, 05:51 PM
Back before my days as a graphic designer, I dabbled in insect prono. It wasn't as lucrative as my current profession for some reason.
Actually, I was checking out the free photography on bluevertigo.com.au and there happened to be one called InsectImages.org, and I just happened to remember Darth Hopper. So I looked for him or his kind, and this is all I found.
D-Zine
06-13-2005, 07:00 PM
lol @ Jason! thanks :p
DeleteYourself
06-13-2005, 07:35 PM
Key, I think she was already a little sick.