| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Superclass: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Romaleidae |
| Genus: | Romalea |
| Species: | R. guttata |
Arthropoda- is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton)
Hexapoda- Greek for six legs
insecta- Any insect
Orthoptera- an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, cricketsand locusts.
Romaleidea- The Romaleidae or lubber grasshoppers are a family of grasshoppers
Romalea- the same as Romaleidea
the lubber grasshoppers can reach nearly 3 in (76 mm) in size. Their wings are rarely 1½ the length of the abdomen, most of the time they are much smaller than that, and cannot be used for flight. Accordingly, they can only jump short distances, compared to how massive they can get. The grasshopper is widely known by the name "diablo", "black diablo", or Devil's Horse in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The insect is also colloquially known as a "graveyard grasshopper".
Very interesting. I never knew that grasshopper is also known as Diablo. <3 .
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