Open Contest Wildlife Photo Contest

[Patiocoturnix]

@Patioconturnix. I was looking at the butterflies photos and thinking how beautiful and then the black bug with yellow strip kind of threw me. LOL. What is that?

Is an eastern lubber grasshopper.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Two more not entry’s these would be great if they weren’t captive.

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

Is an eastern lubber grasshopper.

Oh so it is chicken or quail food!

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Oh so it is chicken or quail food!

Nope from what I understand they are highly poisonous/toxic to small birds and mammals

 

[Ponypoor]

#2 found this Cardinal in my coop and caught her to take her out to release
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She’s lovely - bet she gave you an earful too!

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

Nope from what I understand they are highly poisonous/toxic to small birds and mammals

I have never seen a grasshopper like that. Good to know it is a no go for birds. We have gigantic grasshoppers in Florida. Larger than the Palmetto bugs. My cat found one on the window today and went nuts. LOL! I believe our chickens will love them. I am concern about the anole population in our yard as well. My cat use to take them out. The chickens will go wild.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

I have never seen a grasshopper like that. Good to know it is a no go for birds. We have gigantic grasshoppers in Florida. Larger than the Palmetto bugs. My cat found one on the window today and went nuts. LOL! I believe our chickens will love them. I am concern about the anole population in our yard as well. My cat use to take them out. The chickens will go wild.

Are the large grasshoppers you see yellow?

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

No they are green grasshoppers. Are you going to say that the yellow ones are not good either? Yikes I will have to give the chickens a lesson in entomology. We have so many bugs here they may need to go to UF to get a degree to stay safe.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

No they are green grasshoppers. Are you going to say that the yellow ones are not good either? Yikes I will have to give the chickens a lesson in entomology. We have so many bugs here they may need to go to UF to get a degree to stay safe.

Yeah the yellow ones are the same as the black ones both eastern lubbers just different colors I get swarmed here Florida has all the crazy bugs and what not lol

 

[Ponypoor]

Not entry’s just to show

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Beautiful, what is that ‘cricket’ looking insect? Very funky!

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OK gotcha poisonous grasshopper - still very funky!