Eastern lubber grasshopper
The eastern lubber grasshopper is a big, chunky grasshopper with bright yellow, orange and black colours. It is one of the largest grasshoppers in the United States. Its wings are so short that it cannot fly, so it walks and climbs instead.
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Fun facts
Its bright colours warn birds and other animals that it tastes horrible.
It can also hiss loudly to frighten animals that come too close.
The babies are black with yellow, orange or red stripes and have no wings at all.
Some grown-ups stay all black with stripes, and people call them black diablo.
Most asked questions about Eastern lubber grasshopper
?Can the eastern lubber grasshopper fly?
No. Its wings are much too short, so it walks and hops.
?How big is an eastern lubber grasshopper?
Males are about 4 to 5.5 centimetres and females 5 to 7 centimetres. A few grow up to 9 centimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Romalea microptera
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Romaleidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Romaleidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Georgia thumper, Florida lubber, Devil's horse
Where the facts come from
- Romalea (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by http://www.birdphotos.com. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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