The large, brightly colored Eastern lubber grasshopper is hard to miss. Its bright orange, yellow and red colors are a warning to predators that it contains toxins that will make it sick.

While Brood X cicadas are getting all the attention this year, Florida’s annual swarm of Eastern Lubber grasshoppers have ... the following year to start the cycle anew. Nature Preserve Ranger ...

Most grasshoppers do not reach populations that cause serious damage to agricultural crops and landscape plants, but the eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera) is one of the exceptions.

I fear they will destroy our yard and plants. — Debra Barnes This year’s generation of Eastern lubber grasshoppers has hatched out of eggs that were laid in the soil last year, and they are ...

It's actually a cousin of the common grasshopper, and is called a lubber. Great name, huh? They are so big and so weird, there are all sorts of local names. Up in Camden, my wife tells me ...

I fear they will destroy our yard and plants. — Debra Barnes This year’s generation of Eastern lubber grasshoppers has hatched out of eggs that were laid in the soil last year, and they are ...

On Saturday, the Board will consider approving the new bridge in Lubber Run, in place of the two that were destroyed. The contract — of about $329,000 with a $33,000 contingency — is expected ...

Is this the beginning of the end? I certainly thought it might be while doing a recent story about giant Eastern lubber grasshoppers that have been on the rampage in Florida. The big hoppers ...

Common name - Lubber grasshopper (Hantsbarger, 1979); Plains lubber (Ball et al., 1942) or the Homesteader (Tinkham, 1948). Geographic distribution - east of the Rocky Mountains from North Dakota ...

What are these tiny black grasshoppers I see in my garden? They think my flowers are a smorgasbord! Ah, yes, it is that time of year again. The Easter Lubber ... toxic to other life forms.

Thirty performances including big band, blues, soul and orchestral music as well as cabaret acts will come to the Lubber Run Amphitheater this summer. The acts begin on June 16 with roots rock ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida lawns are once again being overrun by grasshoppers. Each year, the springtime sun coaxes eastern lubber grasshoppers from their homes in the soil. Hundreds can ...