Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)

About Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Insects
• Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
• Family: Lubber Grasshoppers

Romalea is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States. As traditionally defined, it contains a single species, Romalea microptera, known commonly as the Georgia thumper, eastern lubber grasshopper, Florida lubber, or Florida lubber grasshopper, although some recent authorities regard Taeniopoda as a junior synonym, in which case there are about a dozen Romalea species in the southern United States, Mexico and Central America.

Source: Wikipedia