Grasshoppers

These things  are so gross!

I think these two are mating...

Every year, grasshoppers swarm everywhere!!  They eat our garden, rose bushes, and anything green or pretty.

The brown one is the female, the green one is the male.

The grasshoppers are related to the katydids.

Here is a better picture.

As you can see, they kinda look like leaves.

There are also green, black, and red grasshoppers.

~Emma

Leaf Footed Bug

There has been a large, leaf-like, bug flying around our house this summer and I have been wondering what it was.

I looked it up and saw that it was a "leaf-footed bug".

I read that when threatened, they release a strong oder, kind of like a stink bug.

When threatened by other leaf-footed bugs, they can either fight them off or fly away at first sign of danger.  They also make a really loud sound when they are flying to sound scary.  They eat leaves, too, so you don't want them in your garden.  They live mostly in the southern states, but range mostly across North America.

~Emma

The Katydid

Here's another pest for you: The katydid.

They eat leaves off of plants so get out your bug spray!

Some facts about katydid:

The katydid is native to the Amazon, and the US.

Some species of katydids can grow as large as your hand!

One species is even purple!

They also like to eat roses.

~Emma

Cucumber Beetles

Gardeners beware! These little bugs may seem like cute little ladybugs, but they are actually garden pests.
They eat cucumbers, lettuce, and all the leaves off of vegetable plants and flowers.

photo credit:: internet

To get rid of them, you'd have to buy pest repellent, I don't know which kind though.




~Emma