All of a Sudden, Giant Grasshoppers in my House

[Beetwasher.]

Never seen them before. N. Jersey. WTF? Last week at my sister’s house, my nephew called me to the basement to help clean up half a dozen giant grasshoppers we’ve never seen before. Just scooped up the third one in my basement. Completely new. Good lord. Maybe the new Lantern Flys brought them in?

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. End of days maybe?

But with climate change who knows what will happen next!

[Beetwasher.]

2. Locust Plague?

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. That's the one!

Keep your eyes open for trumpers as well, they are on a rampage (but truth is they havent got off the couch yet.)

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. My granddaughter went out to her playhouse yesterday to eat a popsicle...

And found a wheel bug.

Apparently, she screamed so loud, the neighbors on both sides came over to check. My daughter snapped a picture of the huge thing, and sent it to me. I quickly found the scary looking creature on the google.

I had never seen a wheel bug, or even heard of it. She was right to scream. It’s one bad-ass bug.

Ps…grasshoppers freak me out. We haven’t seen them yet.

[ForgedCrank]

5. Yea, you

don't want to tangle with a wheel bug. It's a very painful experience.

[allegorical oracle]

19. Exactly. Fla. vets warn pet owners -- they reportedly can kill dogs/cats. nt

[Archae]

6. They are big and really ugly!

I looked up "wheel bug," they also bite!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. Wheel bugs eat pests -- bean bugs, japanese beetles, etc.

I like 'em.

[Celerity]

17. Eeeek

[Archae]

7. I keep seeing those flying grasshoppers.

When I was a kid, we used to try to catch them.

[LudwigPastorius]

8. Err...when you say giant...

just how big we talkin'?

[Beetwasher.]

9. Good Lord thats a lot of Protein

Right there.

[LudwigPastorius]

10. I've seen smaller chickens.

[PlanetBev]

13. Good Christ

The last time I saw one of those was on the big screen at the Kiddie Matinee in 1958. If I ever stumbled onto one those in person, my defibrillator would short out.

[LudwigPastorius]

16. Those were the days.

Exposure to 1950s radiation made you gigantic, or gave you superpowers.

It didn’t make your hair fall out and slowly turn you into goo like it does now.

[electric_blue68]

14. Woooaaaah! I had no idea!

[allegorical oracle]

20. OMG. I thought our Fla "lubbers" were big (about 5-in long). nt

[Mosby]

11. Is there any agriculture nearby?

That's usually the culprit.

[Demovictory9]

15. Ewww.

[yellowcanine]

18. Useless post without pictures.

Just sayin'.