tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post4371777856026469489..comments2024-02-19T10:51:15.976-06:00Comments on MObugs: Spotted Bird GrasshopperShelly Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-86918710883002181462010-08-21T11:26:20.081-05:002010-08-21T11:26:20.081-05:00Wow. Where to start. 1. SUPER interested re: the g...Wow. Where to start. 1. SUPER interested re: the grasshoppers/locusts that used to be here in huge numbers and are now gone?? I'd NEVER heard about that. SUPER interesting. (like the carrier pigeon, we DO have some talent re: extirpating super abundant species...) 2. Just read that playing in dirt (the bacteria) via kids playing or gardening is great for your immune system, etc, (besides brain, of course). Sort of a "duh" to me, but I wonder about kids of parents who buy all this "anti-bacterial" stuff for their home and life. You NEED to be exposed to these things to develop immunities, and spreading anti-bacterial stuff everywhere just makes the bacterial population more resistant. Cripes. I very happily made many mud pies as a child and am a goofily healthy adult, thank you. I remember being in an urban neighborhood after a storm, seeing the pools of water in the streets and realizing kids there, unless they have suitable back yards, don't have access at their homes to MUD?!?!? Yikes. k. I'll stop.<br /><br />Thanks for the interesting discussion and fascinating info!!biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-32961730780921925752010-08-21T07:18:42.606-05:002010-08-21T07:18:42.606-05:00Thats the book I ordered!Thats the book I ordered!Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-53736787915737398602010-08-20T21:28:30.579-05:002010-08-20T21:28:30.579-05:00I am planning our 3rd annual Insect-o-rama at our ...I am planning our 3rd annual Insect-o-rama at our office on September 11. We have a gentleman coming to cook insects for us. One of the things he is cooking is grasshopper. I figure I cannot dare other people to eat them if I am not willing, so it looks like I will be trying insect cuisine in a couple of weeks. <br />Have you read the book "Last Child in the Woods" by Richard Louv? It delves deeply into the connection that has been lost between children and nature. He coined the phrase "nature deficit disorder". There is a lot of truth in his book, and many of us are beginning to realize the damage that has been done to the past generation and this upcoming generation. Children NEED the outdoors to be healthy and well adjusted.Shelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-28925709726693151012010-08-20T16:07:28.499-05:002010-08-20T16:07:28.499-05:00A show on PBS used the arrival of locusts as a har...A show on PBS used the arrival of locusts as a harvest time for them in Africa.MMMMM roasted locust.Will have to see Cindy's slideshow.Getting a book discussing an anxiety disorder in children not getting out in nature.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-76589771903352010282010-08-20T12:50:53.791-05:002010-08-20T12:50:53.791-05:00I have no idea if the Spotted Bird Grasshopper has...I have no idea if the Spotted Bird Grasshopper has the same camo techniques as the Gray Bird Gr'hopper. I did not find anything that indicated that they do. I checked out your slideshow, they really are quite beautiful and so different.Shelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-63142038168310238952010-08-20T11:48:52.497-05:002010-08-20T11:48:52.497-05:00Here in SoCal, we have the Gray Bird grasshopper, ...Here in SoCal, we have the Gray Bird grasshopper, which is one of my favorites because their nymphs are the masters of camouflage. They can be found in a dazzling array of colors. (I have a little slide show of them on the upper sidebar of my blog. <a href="http://bugsafari.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Want to see?</a>)<br />Is the same true for the spotted bird nymphs?Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011749964154446809noreply@blogger.com