Curious - perhaps one of Ken's "unusual" diseases?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4486247.stm
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That would be comical if it weren't so sad and disgusting. Yuck! Thanks for sharing....I think! 
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Sounds to me like they have "gas." Someone told me many years ago that roaches will do the same thing if fed "baking soda" of all things. Since their digestive system has no way of expelling gas. Now I don't know if all that is true, we all know how we hear things from unreliable sources sometimes. However an interesting bit of information Graham. I would like to see this. Could it possibly be a bacterial infection these hoppers have? 
Someone told me many years ago that roaches will do the same thing if fed "baking soda" of all things. Since their digestive system has no way of expelling gas. Now I don't know if all that is true, we all know how we hear things from unreliable sources sometimes. However an interesting bit of information Graham. I would like to see this. Could it possibly be a bacterial infection these hoppers have?