Lubber Grasshopper nymph

Taeniopoda sp.

Description:

Black grasshopper with yellow stripes and red legs. About 5 cm long (two inches).

Habitat:

Semi tropical forest.

2 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca 10 years ago

Lubber Grasshopper Nymph

Taeniopoda sp. Horse Lubber nymph - Taeniopoda eques - BugGuide.Net

KeithRoragen 10 years ago

Lubber Grasshopper

Romalea sp. Genus Romalea - Lubber Grasshoppers - BugGuide.Net

8 Comments

LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Keith and Bayucca for the input. You are showing me a bigger world that I knew.

bayucca 10 years ago

Hmm, as well... I wasn't not so precise with my comment. When I wrote "black legs", I actually meant black femurs, not ones with that "reticulated" markings.
When you ask me THE trustable website for bugs, than it is bugguide. But there is even there a wrong ID possible, but I think that would be a very rare case, specially with such a common grasshopper. However, nymphs are always tricky to ID.

KeithRoragen 10 years ago

Hmm. I was thinking Taeniopoda, until I saw this image of Romalea.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/81815
I couldn't find an example of Taeniopoda with red legs.
Anyway, the two are so similar, there is probably no point in comparing images from here or BugGuide. There is a significant probability those images are wrongly placed.

bayucca 10 years ago

Luis, I would take Taeniopoda sp.. Personally I do not think it is Taeniopoda equus, there are some other ones found in Mexico, but I am not sure if Equus is reported from Mexico.