In the Fall of 2008, South Eastern Arizona was absolutely flooded with these huge lubber grasshoppers. I first saw a few crossing a road and thought that they were male tarantulas out and about looking for mates, which is much more common in my experience. By the time I had returned to the area a month later, these were so numerous that there was almost no patch of ground, road, or water that didn’t have a few. I wonder what eats these?
lubber grasshopper
Tags: huge bug, insect, lubber grasshopper, southeast arizona
