Every year in early spring, we get phone calls about monster bugs that eat everything in sight. They start out black, usually with one red line along the head. As they mature, their color turns more yellowish.
So what are these monster bugs? Meet the Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers. While these grasshoppers prefer to feed on Crinum Lilies and Agapanthus, I've seen them munch on most plants. Often, these grasshoppers will munch away at plant all the way down to the ground or mature stems.
So what can we do about these grasshoppers? they best way to get rid of them is to gather them up while still small and dispose of them as you wish. Residual insecticides usually don't work well.
So now you know! The next time you see giant grasshoppers, you'll know that there is probably a Crinum Lily or Agapanthus plant nearby.
So what are these monster bugs? Meet the Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers. While these grasshoppers prefer to feed on Crinum Lilies and Agapanthus, I've seen them munch on most plants. Often, these grasshoppers will munch away at plant all the way down to the ground or mature stems.
So what can we do about these grasshoppers? they best way to get rid of them is to gather them up while still small and dispose of them as you wish. Residual insecticides usually don't work well.
So now you know! The next time you see giant grasshoppers, you'll know that there is probably a Crinum Lily or Agapanthus plant nearby.
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