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Treaqum- 2 quick questions- ONE- how big is "giant" for a grasshopper?? and TWO is getting bitten by one a common thing?? I can't imagine how nasty a bite could be if they were truly huge- do they draw blood and stuff??
Alphawolf- I really hope whatever those things were, they are some kind of 50 year species or something, that way if they come back I'll be too old to care about them
Alphawolf- I really hope whatever those things were, they are some kind of 50 year species or something, that way if they come back I'll be too old to care about them
6 inches. I can't remember the species but they are not native. Getting bitten is not common (unless you grab them). They love new sarr pitchers (my psitts are all mutilated). Yeah they can draw blood. The good thing is they can't move from side to side so I have not been bitten but when I was visiting hte Agr. center the ranger was telling me about getting biten and it hurting like crazy.
Get a butterfly net. Real cheap at Rite Aid or Target or Wally world.
In the summer here when I go camping I sometimes see the big grasshoppers. I also occasionally see tarantula hawks. For those who don't know, tarantula hawks are very large(I once caught one that was 2 3/4 inches long) wasps that hunt very large spiders. We have those here too. The tarantula hawk has a metallic blue body with orange or red wings, and pack the most powerful sting of all the wasps. Last year there were a lot of them around, I think this year might be as bad or worse due to the incredible amount of rain we got this year.
In the summer here when I go camping I sometimes see the big grasshoppers. I also occasionally see tarantula hawks. For those who don't know, tarantula hawks are very large(I once caught one that was 2 3/4 inches long) wasps that hunt very large spiders. We have those here too. The tarantula hawk has a metallic blue body with orange or red wings, and pack the most powerful sting of all the wasps. Last year there were a lot of them around, I think this year might be as bad or worse due to the incredible amount of rain we got this year.
You would have to put your finger right on it's mouth and make it bite to get it to bite. I have never been bitten by a grasshopper. They aren't agressive like certain other insects.[b said:
