#4180 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Regenboogsprinkhaan ·Romalea microptera
📍 Florida, United States
📍 Hillsborough County, FL, USA
📍 Wallisville Lake, Wallisville, TX, US
📍 Boynton Beach, FL 33473, USA
📍 1101 Country Club Way S, St. Petersburg, FL 33705, USA
📍 Tishomingo County, US-MS, US
📍 Texas, US
📍 Vine St, Saugus, MA, US
📍 Crystal River, FL 34428, USA
📍 NE 86th St, El Portal, FL, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. Florida, United States:© Anita Gould · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. Hillsborough County, FL, USA:© augochlora · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Wallisville Lake, Wallisville, TX, US:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 4. Boynton Beach, FL 33473, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 5. 1101 Country Club Way S, St. Petersburg, FL 33705, USA:© jeremy_casado · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Tishomingo County, US-MS, US:© melmel2u · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Texas, US:© Cosmic Cat · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. Vine St, Saugus, MA, US:© jillianwitten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Crystal River, FL 34428, USA:© John A Kilmer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. NE 86th St, El Portal, FL, US:© Adam Old · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Romalea microptera (syn. Romalea guttata ), known commonly as the eastern lubber grasshopper or just lubber grasshopper , is a grasshopper native to the southeastern and south central portion of the United States. It is the most distinctive grasshopper species within the southeastern United States, and is well known both for its size and its unique coloration. It can reach nearly 3 inches (8 cm) in size.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 34,507 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
- Nederlands
- Regenboogsprinkhaan
- scientific name
- Romalea microptera
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Orthoptera
- family
- Romaleidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 34,507
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 466003, Wikidata Q310265, GBIF 1714599, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.