Robust Toad Lubber

Phrynotettix robustus · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Romaleidae

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Robust Toad Lubber
Photo: Benjamin Burgunder, CC BY

The Robust Toad Lubber is a bug that occurs in North America. Its habitat is also recorded as North America. It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

This species is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 3 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Robust Toad Lubber photo 2
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Robust Toad Lubber photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Robust Toad Lubber photo 4
Photo: Benjamin Burgunder, CC BY
Robust Toad Lubber photo 5
Photo: Richard Jacob, CC BY

Same family (Romaleidae)

Eastern Lubber GrasshopperEastern Lubber GrasshopperRomalea micropteraGiant red-winged grasshopperGiant red-winged grasshopperTropidacris cristataDamages trees, gardens or cropsPlains Lubber GrasshopperPlains Lubber GrasshopperBrachystola magnaSoldier GrasshopperSoldier GrasshopperChromacris speciosaViolet-winged GrasshopperViolet-winged GrasshopperTropidacris collarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsHorse Lubber GrasshopperHorse Lubber GrasshopperTaeniopoda eques

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynotettix_robustus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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