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Romalea microptera
How long do they live? Are they indigenous to the SW Florida area or are they an invasive species to the area?
Ok the Picts I took are almost a month old, so I just took some more. The red stripe on the back seems to be turning yellow. I'm trying to post these Picts now.
That is a very interesting spoting, Liam. Try to follow them, and notice the deep changes they go through. Bellow is the link for some grasshopper nymphs of the same genus:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/830...
Here are some clustering on plants just after hatching. The descriptions says they start out very red, and darken to black in a few days. http://bugguide.net/node/view/43432/bgim...
Here's another from the black and red stage: http://bugguide.net/node/view/519209/bgi...
Eastern lubber... I'm not so sure about the colors, are not the same. However, I'm no pro, I am probably wrong.
@jordankc9 they were hanging out on the cable TV line post.
Spotted on Apr 19, 2012
Submitted on Apr 19, 2012
