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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Lubber Grasshoppers (Romaleidae) » Lubber Grasshoppers (Romalea) » Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)
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My hoppers - Romalea microptera - female
Copyright © 2008 Emily Phillips

My hoppers - Romalea microptera - Female
Pinson, Blount County, Alabama, USA
August 3, 2008
Size: approximately 2" - 3" +
I have loads of these and love to watch them but not sure of their name. They get rather large, I've seen them up to 3"+. When you pick them up they make a hissing type noise.
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Contributed by Emily Phillips on 5 August, 2008 - 12:20pm
Last updated 2 August, 2012 - 6:57pm

black grasshopper
This is new to my area of Summerville SC. Ate alot of large amarilla leaves in on day...black flag for spiders and scorpions is pretty much all ya nee for this pest.
… Shirley Roper, 30 June, 2014 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved...
Moved in order to clear out ID Request a little.
… Ron M., 12 August, 2008 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

Eastern lubber grasshopper.
This is a black (melanistic) phase of the eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera. Most specimens are orange, with a few black markings:-) Nice find!
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 August, 2008 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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