eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Orthoptera: Romaleidae)

eastern lubber grasshopper
Romalea microptera (Beauvois, 1817)

Descriptor: Adult(s)
Description: This grasshopper has been extensively studied due to its defensive attributes: they are gregarious, flightless, alternately colored, expel an odorous secretion, and are toxic to birds and reptiles, but apparently not to most invertebrates.
Image type: Field
Image location: United States

Photographer Information

Name: Timothy Haley
Organization: USDA Forest Service
Country: United States

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Subject: eastern lubber grasshopper
Genus: Romalea
Family: Romaleidae
Order: Orthoptera
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Photographer: Timothy Haley
Organization: USDA Forest Service
Area: Entomology - General Entomology

Image Number: 5424324

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Image uploaded on Friday, July 23, 2010
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