非洲
亞洲
歐洲
南美洲
澳洲與大洋洲
南極洲
太平洋
大西洋
印度洋
北極海
地中海
紅海
加勒比海
珊瑚海
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安達曼海
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帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海
孟加拉灣
加利福尼亞灣
Eastern lubber grasshopper
吃了會中毒The Eastern lubber grasshopper is one of the largest grasshoppers in the United States, with bright, easy-to-spot colours. It lives in the southeastern and south-central United States, including all of Florida. It is poisonous rather than venomous: it does not bite or sting, but it can harm animals that eat it.1
怎麼認出牠
- Nymphs are smaller than adults, wingless and completely black, with one or more yellow, orange or red stripes.1
- Adults are dull yellow with black spots and markings, bright orange with black markings, or entirely black with yellow or red striping.1
- Adult wings are usually much shorter than the body and cannot be used for flight.1
- Adult males are typically 4.3–5.5 cm long and females 5–7 cm long, making them very large for a grasshopper.1
毒素力量
只有被吃下去時才有害。
牠對人有多危險？
對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。牠害怕時會做什麼？
When disturbed, it shows its bright colours as a warning, releases a dark, foul-smelling and foul-tasting foamy liquid from its thorax, and gives off a loud hiss to scare would-be attackers.1
如果有人碰了或吃了牠
注意安全
- 絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
- 給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
- 如果你碰了或吃了牠：不要揉眼睛或摸嘴巴，把手洗乾淨，並且就醫。
牠不是想來抓你。牠的毒只是為了不讓別的動物吃掉牠。 更多安全知識
牠有多大？
牠有多長？
跟 3 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長Eastern lubber grasshopper 跟「你」比起來有多大？
只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。
牠有多快？
小知識
Most predatory birds and mammals avoid it because of its toxicity, but large predatory insects can still catch and kill adults.1
It is one of the largest grasshoppers in the United States, along with the western horse lubber grasshopper.1
Its wings are too small for flight in most adults, so it relies on its colours and defences instead.1
Adults in the black colour form are widely known as 'diablo' or 'black diablo'.1
In Louisiana it is called the 'devil's horse' or 'cheval-diable', and in Mississippi it is known as the 'giant locust'.1
破解迷思
迷思： Its bright colours are just for decoration.
真相： The colours are a warning to predators that the grasshopper tastes unpleasant.1
知識的出處
- Romalea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Romalea microptera (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的： 我們怎麼評估危險.
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