Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (nymphs)

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.

@asergio, will do.

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...

Uau!!!

Thanks oxyjack!

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...

They go through several color morphs as they progress to the adult stage.

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.

Omg why are there so many?!

Cool spotting!

Interesante aglomerancion de saltamontes bella linea roja