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April 27, 2012 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Friend or Foe?
I don't see any leaf damage, but I am inclined to ask him to leave. |
April 27, 2012 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
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Is that a grasshopper?
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April 27, 2012 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: San Antonio, TX
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It is like a grasshopper, but shorter in body than what I think of as a grasshopper. I thought maybe someone might know what they are...
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April 27, 2012 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
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I think it's just a grasshopper. Maybe a young version?
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April 27, 2012 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
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FOE!
If it is a grasshopper or relative they will eat plants or tomatoes. Could be an enemy scout. Kill him and mount him on a stick as a warning to the others.... |
April 27, 2012 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2009
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April 27, 2012 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2009
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http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/07/24/red-eyed-devil/
'voraciously omnivorous' = good if eating bugs '....may bite and draw blood...' = What? |
April 27, 2012 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2012
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'...may bite and draw blood...' um really???
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April 27, 2012 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
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Looks like a grasshoppers steroidal warrior cousin.
Spike y looking body armor too. Those look like fangs to me.... |
April 27, 2012 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: asdf
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what an incredible insect I love seeing the complexities of nature up close; And yes I would be wearing gloves.
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April 27, 2012 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 131
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At 100 pounds those are super bad.
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April 27, 2012 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Maryland's Eastern Shore
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The ten pounders are nothing to sneeze at either
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