Grasshoppers - Acrididae, Locusts, Desert Locust, Grasshopper, Zayante Band-Winged Grasshopper, Australian Plague Locust, Catantopinae (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Acrididae, Locusts, Desert locust, Grasshopper, Zayante band-winged grasshopper, Australian plague locust, Catantopinae, Chorthippus, Dociostaurus maroccanus, Chorthippus parallelus, Differential grasshopper, Senegalese grasshopper, Rocky Mountain locust, Alpinacris tumidicauda, Migratory locust, Bandwing, Melanoplus, Tetrigidae, Red locust, Acridinae, Romalea guttata, Aalatettix, Brown locust, Phymateus viridipes, Schistocerca nitens, Sandgroper, Chorthippus biguttulus, Pallid-winged grasshopper, Hieroglyphus daganensis, Oedipoda caerulescens, Common Macrotona, Melanoplinae, Gomphocerinae, Spur-throated locust, Melanoplus bivittatus, Austroicetes vulgaris, Gomphocerini, Melanoplus femurrubrum, List of locust species, Dictyophorus spumans, Calliptaminae, Conozoa, Chorthippus brunneus, Austroicetes frater, Dichromorpha viridis, Acridoidea, Spaniacris deserticola, Dissosteira, Gastrimargus musicus, Orphulellini, Trimerotropis occidentaloides, Schistocerca melanocera, Chloealtis aspasma, Appalachia arcana, Acrolophitus pulchellus, Stenobothrus eurasius, Odontopodisma rubripes, Romaleidae, Eximacris superbum, Trimerotropis occulens, Chorthippus acroleucus, Chorthippus jutlandica, Odontopodisma montana, Conozoa hyalina, Schayera baiulus, Miramella irena, Acanthacris, Zubovskia banatica, Toadhopper, Acanthoxia, Acrida, Patanga japonica. Excerpt: Locusts are the swarming phase of short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae. These are species that can breed rapidly under suitable conditions and subsequently become gregarious and migratory. They form bands as nymphs and swarms as adults-both of which can travel great distances, rapidly stripping fields and greatly damaging crops. The origin and apparent extinction of certain species of locust - some of which reached 6 inches (150 mm) in length - are unclear. Locusts ar...