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Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Iowa Bug? Hey Debs or Jul 29, 2006 12:58:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Jul 29, 2006 12:58:55 GMT -5 Anyone else who might know what this is. My grandson say's it looks like it came from Star Wars. ;D Looks to me like it's in the grasshopper family but .... Thanks for looking, appreciate any info. Cher
	The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin

ladyt Guest	Iowa Bug? Hey Debs or Jul 29, 2006 13:20:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ladyt on Jul 29, 2006 13:20:55 GMT -5 It's a grasshopper. They are around here alot in the spring. Looks like he's got his jumpin legs stretched out. Must be liken the sunshine there. Tonja
	Last Edit: Jul 29, 2006 13:21:42 GMT -5 by ladyt

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Iowa Bug? Hey Debs or Jul 29, 2006 13:33:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Jul 29, 2006 13:33:18 GMT -5 It looks similar but unlike any grasshopper I've ever seen. Maybe a search is in order to find out what kind of grasshopper it is. Thanks.
	The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin

Sabre52 Cave Dweller Me and my gal, Rosie Member since August 2005 Posts: 20,503	Iowa Bug? Hey Debs or Jul 29, 2006 13:46:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sabre52 on Jul 29, 2006 13:46:00 GMT -5 To be accurate. It's a katydid which is in the order Orthoptera but in it's own subfamily within the grasshopper group. L Sorry I just can't help myself. Been a scientist for too darn long...mel

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Iowa Bug? Hey Debs or Jul 29, 2006 15:05:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Jul 29, 2006 15:05:04 GMT -5 Thanks Mel, I couldn't find anything in the "grasshoppers" that looked like this and I was getting tired of looking at them. ;D
	The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin

stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Iowa Bug? Hey Debs or Aug 1, 2006 14:09:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Aug 1, 2006 14:09:20 GMT -5 Yummy Lunch!!! Chocolate coat em- they are nice and crunchie!!!! (teasing)
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Iowa Bug? Hey Debs or Aug 1, 2006 16:31:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Aug 1, 2006 16:31:04 GMT -5 I could not find a picture of a brown katydid, only green ones.
	The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin

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