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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 7, 2012 13:51:27 GMT -8
I am seeing a huge number of nymphs this Spring. Looks like it may be a banner year for pestilence. Attachments:
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 7, 2012 13:51:57 GMT -8
Another shot Attachments:
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 7, 2012 14:10:12 GMT -8
And a short video of a single clump of grass......
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Post by nomihoudai on Mar 7, 2012 15:36:08 GMT -8
They look cool, what species are they?
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Post by bichos on Mar 7, 2012 17:48:21 GMT -8
Aww so cute, now. But they WILL probably grow into ravenous eating machines  |
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 8, 2012 6:10:18 GMT -8
Romalea guttata..... Also called a "Lubber." I am seeing many gregarious groups and that is often a pre sign that the generation will go from solitary to swarms.
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 8, 2012 6:11:52 GMT -8
They have the nicest colored underwings wings as adults - kind of a red/pink color. Later in the season I'll hopefully collect a good number of them. If anyone needs one for their collection, I'll send a few.
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Post by entoman on Mar 12, 2012 16:39:15 GMT -8
I thought that it was typical Lubber behavior for them to remain in groups during their early instars? Or at least that's how I always see them when I find them this young.
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 14, 2012 6:08:25 GMT -8
I don't have much experience with them so I think you must be right entoman. I have not seen them in such large groups here before. If I remember rightly, there is a trigger with them involving population density. When they occur in high density, they tend to become more migratory as the food sources are exhausted. I have had adults as pets before....I know, I was a strange kid.
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