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Lubber grasshoppers are back. Here are the facts! Lubbers are native to Florida. They contain toxins which prevent most birds from eating them, except the loggerhead shrike. Numerous parasitoids and entomopathogens also infect and kill them. Gardeners have a choice of how to manage them in their home landscapes. Some choose to let them coexist in the landscape and others wage war on the lubber grasshoppers, killing them by hand squishing, insecticidal sprays or cutting them with scissors. If you’re going to use a spray to manage them, spray early in their lifecycle when the grasshoppers are still immature for best results. Learn more: https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/hillsboroughco/2024/04/01/its-lubber-grasshopper-season/