Welcome Earth Week. How is
your yard doing this year? Connie Ogle of
the Miami Herald writes about the annual infestation of the eastern lubber
grasshopper or romalea microptera.
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| 2014 - A lubber dining in my Palmetto Bay garden |
I
recommend this article for all garden hobbyists, or those just interested in
what is going on in their yards.
Ms. Ogle
discusses that there is no downside to letting the lubbers run wild
For those
paying attention, the eggs usually hatch
in February in South Florida; females lay eggs in the summer; and everything
dies down again during the late fall and early winter months. Right now, the
grasshoppers are still black, for the most part. Soon they’ll turn yellow,
almost orange, which is even prettier until you realize it’s a warning that
says to birds: I’m poison. Eat me at your own peril. Then they go green.
Cute little guy.
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