Eastern Lubber Grasshopper on a leaf

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

Romalea microptera

The Eastern Lubber Grasshopper is found in the Southeastern United States. Adults are quite colorful with yellow, black, and red patterns. Baby lubbers are all black with a yellow stripe going down their back. To defend themselves from predators, Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers will secrete a toxin that can make anything that tries to eat them vomit.

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