Bird Grasshopper

[Rick]

Found some of these today. Very large grasshoppers. The larger mantids love em.

 

[robo mantis]

that should fill a mantis up

 

[Ian]

Hmm, slightly larger than anything I could find over here.

It might benefit you to start breeding those.

 

[Rick]

Hmm, slightly larger than anything I could find over here. It might benefit you to start breeding those.

I don't know. They are very large and are not easy to catch since they fly so well. Interesting thing about them is that they live almost till spring. Even in the winter I have seen them. We do have somewhat mild winters here but it's still cold enough to kill off mantids and everything else. But yet you still see these.

 

[infinity]

Just curious as I'm not familiar with that species (or many in the US) - the colouration on it might suggest a sllight level of toxicity? Can you confirm this? - maybe only to mammals etc because I know many insect toxins aren't poisonous to other insects...

right/ wrong?

 

[Rick]

Just curious as I'm not familiar with that species (or many in the US) - the colouration on it might suggest a sllight level of toxicity? Can you confirm this? - maybe only to mammals etc because I know many insect toxins aren't poisonous to other insects... right/ wrong?

Thats their normal color. You can see pics of them on bug guide.