Meet the Eastern Lubber!
The lubber grasshopper is a pest grasshopper that gathers in large numbers and destroys crops.
They are lazy and tend to lumber across things, preferring to walk as opposed to fly or jump.
Basically, they are the stoners of the grasshopper world.
They are capable of spraying or spitting in self-defense. Either we were super cool and posed no threat (even though we had bright lights in his face) or... well, he was lazier than usual. We ended up unscathed even when handling him and jostling him about.
Sadly, some of the close-ups did get a little blurred because he was pretty active in attempting to get away from the strange gun barrel looking chasm staring him in the face. Can't really blame him.
Also, it is really hard to get clear images with having to hold the microscope in hand while chasing a moving target at magnification. But we tried!
Let's take a closer look!
Shrink Ray activated!
Antenna and the front of his face. The yellow curve was extremely interesting to look at, but we could never seem to get it in focus!
Not sure what this bit is... but it looks slimy.
Antenni!
Spikey feet!
Annnnd a grasshopper butt for good measure! (by the way, the butt is spikey too!)
In closing, a little side view where you can see the tiny... hairs(?) on him. He was a pretty cool subject to study!
No grasshoppers were harmed in the making of this Microscopic Message!
After we let him climb all over @stitchybitch and captured enough images, we gave him a friendly pat and put him back on the grass!
Until next time, keep it tiny!
Stay tuned to our page for Microscopic Mondays, drone shenanigans, poetry, 360 VR footage, 3D prints, and the occasional chuckle!
Much love, @sammosk and @stitchybitch! <3
Great images and an interesting animal. I like taking pictures of insects myself and I know how difficult it is to get a picture that is not blurred. If they would only hold still for a moment...
It is so infuriating, isn't it?!
Tiny creatures seem to make such big movements!
Wow !!! Thanks for sharing this information
Thanks for stopping by! I am glad you enjoyed it!
This is beautiful and worth looking at.... It's a thumbs up from me.
I especially love the part where he acted too lazy to move away from the camera lol
Thank you, thank you!
I wish the video we had taken had turned out! He actually crawled right over the lense of the microscope and showed his face and belly! Sadly, it wasn't in focus at all. :(
It's still awesome dear.... Thumbs up
Hola @sammosk
Me parece genial el trabajo que hiciste.
Si los Saltamontes no son ninguna joyita y a las plantaciones las pueden acabar en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.
Saludos y Gracias por el Artículo
Realmente son un peligro para los cultivos, ¡pero son tan bonitos de ver!
¡Gracias por tomarse el tiempo de mirar mi publicación! ¡Espero verte en el futuro!
Not a grasshopper lover, but this shots are one in a million, jajaja. Congrats!
You've shown us a grasshopper like we've never seen before and we'll never see in the future, with a microscope! my God, what a creativity you have! And the best part the little animal wasn't harmed at all.
Thanks for share, what else do you have ? ants? bees?
Very curios this photos with the microscope. Nice.
Thank you so much for the amazing comment!
I am glad that you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed trying to get the images!
We haven't done too many live studies because they are so hard to get images of! However, we do have one we did of the tiniest spider we've ever seen a couple months ago! (The video is hilarious)
Here is the link!
Today is Microscopic Monday and I'll see if I can find something alive for you if I can!
@sammosk,this is a good writeup, everyone knows is a grasshopper but it takes a farmer to know the havoc it causes on the farm when ever there is outbreak and also have some economics important to the environment which are 1.Breakdown plant 2. Fertilize soil 3. Feeding predators 4.preventing over growth . kudos to you
Thank you so much!
They really can do unbelievable damage, especially in large numbers! It is amazing how detrimental they can be while they still serve a vital role in the process of farming!
Have you ever lost crops to them?
They're so scary when you look at them so close! ))
Big, scary grasshopper face! D:;
What kind of movies did you act out?!
Shame about their legs, though! But sometimes we don't know better as kids that we are really hurting something! I am glad we could take you on a trip down memory lane through this post!
oh how interesting, another point of view of the photograph
Thank you for the comment! Glad we could take you up close for a different view!
Wow that's awesome to know but I gad a little question,
1.does those stuff it releases affects human if it by chance, has it way into the human body
2.please could you help drop a post on a specie of snake that equally spits and also I would love to know the content of the spit and how much effect it has on the body
Well, after looking into it, the spit is just smelly to repel predators!
So I couldn't really think of a snake that has this ability. I would say they are more like the skunks of the insect world!
Actually there is ,it a kind of cobra if I'm not mistaken, I just can't actually think of its actual name, but there is .that's science for you ,there many thing's there is that you never have thought it exist
Your first picture is very good, the next picture makes me a little scared to see it..
But it's okay, your post has told me about the grasshopper...
Thanks.
Sorry to scare you with the grasshopper! D:
He is a little spooky from some angles!
Nice post
Thank you!