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This is a discussion on Bugs In my backyard within the Open Talk forums, part of the General Information category; ok i need to know if any one knows what type of bug this is .....i dont have a picture ...
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Bugs In my backyard - 06-25-2009, 09:44 AM

ok i need to know if any one knows what type of bug this is .....i dont have a picture yet but it looks like a huge grasshopper it lives in the swamps behind my house and when its wings spread its real bright red

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06-25-2009, 09:50 AM

ok here are some pictures can any of my fellow cajuns or texans tell me EXACTLY what this is
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06-25-2009, 09:55 AM

Looks like a Cicada to me...

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06-25-2009, 10:03 AM

Lubber "Jumbo" grasshoppers.

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06-25-2009, 10:21 AM

When we first moved into our house, it was the first one in our section and these huge monsters were everywhere along with lots of others. I wondered what country we moved to!!! They looked liked grasshoppers on steroids!!! I took them back to Dallas and people were mortified!!!

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06-25-2009, 10:22 AM

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Looks like a Cicada to me...
a ci-whata lol

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06-25-2009, 10:23 AM

They make good live bait....

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06-25-2009, 10:23 AM

nah i just googled them these are much more grasshopper-ish but i have yet to find a jumbo grasshopper to match this thing either....also i have been told they are locust too.....the worl may never know

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they Make Good Live Bait....
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06-25-2009, 10:35 AM

Not living next to a secret nuclear waste facility, are ya?

How big are these actual creatures? Just looks like a giant grasshopper to me...
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nah i just googled them these are much more grasshopper-ish but i have yet to find a jumbo grasshopper to match this thing either....also i have been told they are locust too.....the worl may never know
The only Locust we have in Texas are Trees...

Call you county ag agent, he can give you a positive id.

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The only Locust we have in Texas are Trees...

Call you county ag agent, he can give you a positive id.
i have a county Ag agent??? freaking sweet

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Not living next to a secret nuclear waste facility, are ya?

How big are these actual creatures? Just looks like a giant grasshopper to me...
actually lol beaumont is a high cancer area....we have Exon mobil motiva good year lol

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i have a county Ag agent??? freaking sweet

Here's the phone number: 409-835-8461

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wow your too cool

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Looks like a Cicada to me...
Not a cicada, but just as scary looking!
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Not a cicada, but just as scary looking!
I'm just glad someone else knew what one was... lol.... they aren't an every year kind of thing... I can remember as a child finding the 'hulls' on my grandparents trees and thinking how freaking cool it was!

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