Tag: Eastern lubber grasshopper

UF/IFAS experts give tips to manage the eastern lubber grasshopper, which can damage plants, citrus and vegetables

by Brad Buck
April 10, 2024

Eastern lubber grasshoppers are out in force throughout the Southeast, including some parts of Florida. They’re munching away on landscape plants, citrus and vegetable crops, while gardeners and growers are trying to minimize the damage. These ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus, Crop Damage, Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Gardens, Norm Leppla, Pest Management, Tia Silvasy, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County, Vegetables

2023 – a bumper crop of lubbers?

by Ralph Mitchell
July 20, 2023

UF/IFAS Extension had a booth at the recent Public Works & Community Outreach Day held at the Fairgrounds on June 10th. Here we displayed our programs and shared information on what we do as an organization in the community. I ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Large Insects, Romalea Microptera

The Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

by Yvonne Florian
March 8, 2023

I was recently startled in my garden by some black tips on one of my edible plants. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the whole tip of the two tallest stems were covered in small, black grasshoppers. I estimate there were as ... READ MORE

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Tags: 4-H, Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Entomology, Grasshopper Nymphs, Grasshoppers, Lubbers, Manual Pest Control

Fact Sheets: Insects | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension

by Stephen Brown
September 26, 2018

Insects A Gallery of Florida Insects Asian Citrus Psyllid Bagworms on Palms Banana Moth Bark Psocid - coming soon Black Thread Scale Braconid Wasps Brown Recluse Spider (pdf) - coming soon Cactus Moth ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Bagworms, Banana Moth, Black Thread Scale, Braconid Wasps, Chili Thrips, Citrus Leafminer, Coconut Mealybug, Cycad Scale, Cypress Webworms, Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Ficus Leaf Rolling Psyllid, Ficus Thrips, Ficus Whitefly, Florida Insects, Flower Beetle, Fuller Rose Beetle, Golden Rain Tree Bug, Hibiscus Midge, Insect Galls, Insects, Lee County, Ligustrum Olive Shootworm Catepillar, Locate Lac Scale, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Mites, Oil Soap Spray, Podocarpus Aphids, Red Date Scales, Red Palm Mite, Scale (Tachardiella Mexicana) On Wild Tamarind, Scale Insects And Mealybugs, Scale On Glaucous Cassia, Slash Pine Scales, Snowbush Caterpillar/White-tipped Black Moth Feeding, Sooty Mold, Spiraling Whitefly, Sri Lanka Weevil, St. Augustinegrass Bugs, Stephen Brown, Stinging And Venomous Caterpillars, Tabebuia Thrips, Tiki Hut Caterpillar, Weevil In Sansevieria/Snake Plant, Whiteflies Management, Whiteflies On Cocoplum, Whitefly (Acacia) & Sooty Mold (You Tube), Whitefly (Rugose Spiraling), Yellow-Banded Millipede

Q: I keep seeing these small black grasshoppers with red stripes. What are they?

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 27, 2017

A: This is the early stage of the large Eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera, which can grow to over 3 inches long. They can be extremely colorful making them very easy to identify. Color variation can be from light yellow to dark ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea Microptera

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper Feeding on Crinum Lily [Video] Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension

by Stephen Brown
October 21, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXiwXbuBtDM What's wrong with the crinum? Horticulture Agent Stephen Brown, Lee County Extension Service, detects the cause of massive damage to a South Florida crinum lily: the eastern lubber grasshopper. ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Crinum Lily, Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Lee County, Stephen Brown

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