Lawn · SWFL Pest Identifier
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.
Not sure this is your bug?
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