Insects › Lubber Grasshoppers
giant red-winged grasshopper
Tropidacris cristata
25 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
Violet-winged GrasshopperTropidacris collaris
Titanacris velazquezii
Egyptian Bird GrasshopperAnacridium aegyptium
Giant GrasshopperValanga irregularis
Leprous GrasshopperThrasyderes leprosus
Abracris flavolineata
Romalea varipennis
Romalea gutturosa
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Costa Rica | 1,233 |
|---|---|
| Mexico | 773 |
| Provincia Puntarenas | 722 |
| Quintana Roo | 537 |
| Provincia Guanacaste | 410 |
| Colombia | 309 |
| Ecuador | 265 |
| Panama | 263 |
| Brazil | 172 |
| Yucatan | 118 |
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 | Tropidacris |
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 giant red-winged grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.