Is this a Grasshopper? (w/ Pic)

[aphex]

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It was about 2-2.5" long

 

[isekii]

LOCUST~~!!!

 

[loup garou]

Locust.

 

[NissanGurl]

You've bought the plague upon us.....RUN!!

 

[JoPh]

thats huge

 

[djheater]

Yeah that's a locust and if I remember the colorations that's a "gregarious" locust. You should probably kill it.

 

[Ikonomi]

Wawaweewa, is big!

 

[IamElectro]

That is a grass hopper.
The wings are to small for it to be a locust

 

[djheater]

Kill it, kill it now before it starts the SWARM!!!

If this is in florida, I would really start to wonder about what God thinks of y'all.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: IamElectro
That is a grass hopper.
The wings are to small for it to be a locust

Grasshoppers don't have the yellow\black coloration.

 

[Yanagi]

Cricket?

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: IamElectro
That is a grass hopper.
The wings are to small for it to be a locust

Grasshoppers don't have the yellow\black coloration.

Do a google for grashopper under images. The first picture that comes up is almost the same as what aphex questioned about.

Check the shape of the head and the markings on the legs and abdomen they do not match your locust

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: aphex
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It was about 2-2.5" long

It's beautiful!

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: IamElectro

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: IamElectro
That is a grass hopper.
The wings are to small for it to be a locust

Grasshoppers don't have the yellow\black coloration.

Do a google for grashopper under images. The first picture that comes up is almost the same as what aphex questioned about.

Check the shape of the head and the markings on the legs and abdomen they do not match your locust

Yeah, I've been looking...

I can't find anything, actually that matches the OP, and it doesn't appear to be a locust. I retract my earlier statement.

 

[Thraxen]

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I've been reading and it seems that grasshoppers and locusts only differ in behavior. Although I did read one site that said locusts often have red coloration in their wings... which the insect in question does have.

 

[djheater]

The first pic that comes up is a differential grasshopper, and I don't believe it's the same as what Aphex posted.

Here's a better shot of the locust... Though this is australian...

 

[Ladiesnhan]

That is a locust.

 

[jyates]

I believe it's just a big grasshopper.