These giant grasshoppers are considered a pest, and gardening guides recommend hand-catching and stomping them to death or drowning them in soapy water as the only sure way to kill them, but I prefer to instead to observe these fun critters. I've watched them mature from pretty black nymphs, and I've gotten to witness them molting, mating, and even pooping! ๐ID: Romalea microptera aka Romalea guitars, common name eastern lubber grasshopper๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ #explorida #roamflorida #igersflorida #orlando #igersorlando #pureflorida #florida #fun_in_florida #LoveFL #nature #naturelovers #romaleamicroptera #romaleaguttata #tgif_insects #bugs_are_us #insects #orthoptera #easternlubbergrasshopper #easternlubber #grasshopper #meadbotanicalgarden #winterpark #insect #bug #entomology (at Mead Botanical Garden)
