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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois 1817)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are eaten by

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Argiope aurantia Lucas 1833 (Black-and-Yellow Argiope)
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Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1802) (American alligator)
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Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois 1817) (Eastern Lubber Grasshopper)
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Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois 1817) (Eastern Lubber Grasshopper)
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Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus 1758) (Northern Cardinal)

are preyed upon by

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Strix varia Barton 1799 (Barred Owl)
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Strix varia Barton 1799 (Barred Owl)
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Dysdercus (Dysdercus) suturellus (Herrich-Schaeffer 1842) (Cotton Stainer)
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Dorymyrmex bureni
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Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus 1758) (Yellow-billed Cuckoo)

body length

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49.5 mm

(adult, average)
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60 mm

(adult, average)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

Insect Development
hemimetabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous

Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.

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eat

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Juncus effusus L. (Soft Rush)
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Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois 1817) (Eastern Lubber Grasshopper)
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Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh (bigpod sesbania)
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Vaccinium myrsinites Lam. (shiny blueberry)
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Sagittaria latifolia Willd. (broadleaf arrowhead)

feeding structure

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
biting-chewing mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing

Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).

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geographic distribution

United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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Mexico Species List
Mexico
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3996063

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

13186

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

19694

number of research grade records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

19090

trophic guild

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
herbivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records Sweden

15b04450-0c60-11dd-84cd-b8a03c50a862
GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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(female)

visit

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Solanum erianthum D. Don (potatotree)

visit flowers of

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Cirsium horridulum Michx. (yellow thistle)