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[VIDEO TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023 | Video ID: A video of a black, yellow, white, and red lubber grasshopper on a piece of paper, wriggling its abdomen and opening and closing the dorsal and ventral valves of its ovipositor in a way that makes it look as if the back half of the animal is its own snapping creature /End IDs.]
Encountered this grasshopper and scooped it up with a letter! Which is about when I noticed it exhibiting this fascinating behavior! It's freaky but very interesting!
Photos 1-2 by philly96, 3 by wild-about-texas, 4 by pufferchung, 5 by mlodinow, 6 by benjamin189, 7 by fvaldesp_tutor, 8 by greglasley, 9 by sambiology, and 10 by khoskins
Donkervoort F22 Art Edition, 2024. A one-off created using an artwork by Dutch artist Anneke Wilbrink for Cees Lubbers, a Donkervoort owning art dealer. Lubbers plans to display the F22 Art Edition in his own gallery
Not all grasshoppers hop! Although they have both wings and the large hind feet characteristic of the group Caelifera, Eastern lubber grasshoppers prefers to walk from one place to another-- hence the name 'lubber', from the old English 'lobre' which means lazy.
(Image: An eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera) by the Big Cypress National Preserve)
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