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Gardening

MichaelSoE

(1,576 posts) Wed Jun 22, 2022, 07:42 AM Jun 2022

Lubber Grasshopper on Red Sunflower

People hate them (Lubbers) as they have voracious appetites and can decimate an ornamental in hours.
I don't mind them (eat and let eat, eh) and the colors are just incredible.

Cross posted in the Photography Group

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Lubber Grasshopper on Red Sunflower (Original Post) MichaelSoE Jun 2022 OP

Just. . .WOW. Thank you so much. niyad Jun 2022 #1

Thank you. FeelingBlue Jun 2022 #2

Gorgeous photo. nt Jade Fox Jun 2022 #3

We are all food. We are all eaters. TygrBright Jun 2022 #4

niyad

(120,665 posts)

1. Just. . .WOW. Thank you so much.

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Wed Jun 22, 2022, 07:42 AM

Jun 2022

FeelingBlue

(761 posts)

2. Thank you.

Reply to MichaelSoE (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 07:57 AM

Jun 2022

While our eyes are glued to the Petrie Dish of Slime that is the Republican Party, there’s a whole beautiful world of nature out there that we can forget about. Let’s smell the roses and watch the grasshoppers, too!!

Jade Fox

(10,030 posts)

3. Gorgeous photo. nt

Reply to MichaelSoE (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 08:50 AM

Jun 2022

TygrBright

(20,987 posts)

4. We are all food. We are all eaters.

Reply to MichaelSoE (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 10:07 AM

Jun 2022

That said, one or two grasshoppers are welcome. Dozens is when I start taking Louis B. Mayhem on foraging expeditions in the garden. Louie calls them "Kitty Klondikes" after the delicious ice cream treat hiz Mom enjoys so much.

appreciatively,
Bright

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