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Plains Lubber Grasshopper (Brachystola magna)
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Copyright © 2008
WORDMT
Plains Lubber Grasshopper (Brachystola magna) -
Brachystola magna
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Lake Valley, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: 3 "
Never had seen these before until this year's record rainfall turned the desert green.
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WORDMT
on 2 September, 2008 - 11:58am
Last updated 24 July, 2012 - 10:11am
What a coincidence!
Hi WORDMT,
I was searching the web trying to figure out what kind of grasshopper this was, and wouldn't you know it, I stumbled on this website. The irony of it is that I, too, am in Lake Valley, NM. These "lubbers' have been ALL OVER THE PLACE! They've been busy procreating, as I have observed many doing just that these past few days.
That is a great photo you have uploaded. Thanks for putting it on this site, so that others, like myself could get the answer on what these grasshoppers were. Even though they are EVERYWHERE, they are beautiful!
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Kathy Salsbury
, 17 September, 2008 - 9:25pm
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Brachystola magna
It's a Lubber Grasshopper. They're even bigger (and usually greener) up in the Great Plains in OK, KS, CO, NE etc. than they usually are in southern NM and AZ, but yours at three inches is a whopper. Oh, she's a girl.
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David J. Ferguson
, 2 September, 2008 - 12:23pm
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