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title: "Regenboogsprinkhaan"
description: "Romalea microptera — Insecten en spinnen. Romalea is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eastern-lubber-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Regenboogsprinkhaan

> Romalea microptera — Insecten en spinnen. Romalea is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States.

- Scientific name: *Romalea microptera*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 33845
- Wikidata: [Q310265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310265)
- iNaturalist taxon: [466003](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/466003)

## Names

- en: Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
- nl: Regenboogsprinkhaan

## Countries with the most observations

US (32605), BS (17)

## Summary

Romalea is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States. As traditionally defined, it contains a single species, Romalea microptera, known commonly as the Georgia thumper, eastern lubber grasshopper, Florida lubber, or Florida lubber grasshopper, although some recent authorities regard Taeniopoda as a junior synonym, in which case there are about a dozen Romalea species in the southern United States, Mexico and Central America.
R. microptera is one of the most distinctive grasshopper species within the Southeastern US, and is well known for its relatively large size and its unique…

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

## Photo

![Regenboogsprinkhaan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-lubber-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: dbugs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48932663

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-lubber-grasshopper?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).