Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They’re back! My neighbor and I were visiting yesterday and discovered numerous little black grasshoppers on our crinum and ...

Are giant lubber grasshoppers bugging you? You’re not alone. Columnist Scott Maxwell, my newsroom colleague, is known for sparking some heated debates, but he created quite an unusual discussion on ...

DEBARY, Fla. – If you’ve seen them, you’d know them: they’re Eastern lubber grasshoppers. Maybe the name doesn’t sound familiar, but the look is distinct. “They look like big ugly critters,” said John ...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA– The wonderful world of arthropods is a fascinating one, especially with a magnifying glass. Everything from crawfish, spiders, and butterflies represent this very unique group ...

The eastern lubber grasshopper is one of the grasshopper species that causes the most damage to citrus, vegetable crops and landscaping. They eat a wide variety of plants. These grasshoppers with also ...

It's that time of year again, the time gardeners can see groups of small lubber grasshoppers in their yards. And when the grasshoppers are young and together in large numbers, it's the ideal time to ...

God save the Queen, because the Space Coast (and the Southeast, actually) is being infiltrated by the beastly Eastern Lubber grasshoppers once again. It's March, and apparently the Irish aren't the ...

I have had numerous calls within the last week or so from homeowners concerned about large numbers of grasshoppers being seen in the landscape. Periodically, grasshoppers have been of economic ...

The signs are everywhere. Azaleas in blooms, birds nesting and even snakes mating in my front yard. Spring is certainly upon us. That also means that the nymphs of lubber grasshoppers will be emerging ...