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title: "Giant red-winged grasshopper"
description: "Tropidacris cristata — Insetti e ragni. Tropidacris cristata, the giant red-winged grasshopper, is a widespread species of lubber grasshopper in the family Romaleidae from tropical South and Central America, and Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/giant-red-winged-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Giant red-winged grasshopper

> Tropidacris cristata — Insetti e ragni. Tropidacris cristata, the giant red-winged grasshopper, is a widespread species of lubber grasshopper in the family Romaleidae from tropical South and Central America, and Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Tropidacris cristata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7916
- Wikidata: [Q10287970](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10287970)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120911](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120911)

## Names

- en: Giant red-winged grasshopper
- es: Chapulín gigante
- fr: Criquet géant à ailes rouges
- nl: Gafanhoto-de-coqueiro
- pt: Gafanhoto-de-coqueiro

## Countries with the most observations

CR (2136), MX (1275), CO (584), BR (552), EC (469), PA (466), HN (415), SV (244), NI (204), BZ (175), GT (158), TT (98)

## Summary

Tropidacris cristata, the giant red-winged grasshopper, is a widespread species of lubber grasshopper in the family Romaleidae from tropical South and Central America, and Mexico. It is among the largest grasshoppers in the world by length and wingspan, reaching up to 14.5 cm (5.7 in) and 24 cm (9.4 in) respectively. More typical adult lengths are 5.5–7 cm (2.2–2.8 in), average 6.5 cm (2.6 in), in males and 7–12 cm (2.8–4.7 in), average 11 cm (4.3 in), in females. As suggested by the common name, adult T. cristata have conspicuously red wings in flight, although the exact red hue varies. The flightless and gregarious…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropidacris_cristata

## Photo

![Giant red-winged grasshopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-red-winged-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mariana Yuste Ramírez · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4834458

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-red-winged-grasshopper?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).