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Lubber Grasshopper

Romalea Guttata

Photo by KristieMoore
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Field Notes

Description:

Large grasshopper, approximately 5" long, black & yellow

Habitat:

Found along the Escambia riverbank.

Notes:

High concentration of this species where I shot this today.

Species ID Suggestions

Lubber Grasshopper

Romalea microptera

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Comments (1)
Dan Doucette
Must be wild to have a lot of these big guys jumping around. They are huge but not quite 5", just under 3" for an adult female. Cool first spotting Kristie.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2011

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