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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

Harmless A nuisance at most. No urgency.

How to identify it

  • Huge (up to 3"), slow, can barely fly
  • Adults yellow-orange-red; young are black with a yellow stripe
  • Marches across yards in early summer
Size

Large (1 inch +)

Where you'll see it

Lawn / garden · Lanai / patio

Looks like

Crawler

Did you know

Its colors are a warning label — lubbers are toxic enough that most predators spit them back out.

What it means for you

They chew ornamentals but rarely at damaging scale in yards. Hand-pick if they’re on your favorites.

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