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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Romalea microptera
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Horse Lubber GrasshopperRomalea eques
American Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca americana
Differential GrasshopperMelanoplus differentialis
Obscure Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca obscura
Romalea varipennis
Spotted Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca lineata
Two-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatus
Red-legged GrasshopperMelanoplus femurrubrum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 31,694 |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2,452 |
| Alabama | 1,172 |
| Mississippi | 888 |
| Texas | 851 |
| Georgia | 764 |
| South Carolina | 683 |
| Arkansas | 110 |
| North Carolina | 93 |
| Tennessee | 43 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Lubber Grasshoppers · Romaleidae |
| Genus | Horse Lubbers · Romalea |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Eastern Lubber Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.