migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) is the most widespread locust species, and the only species in the genus Locusta. It occurs throughout Africa,...

commonly known as the African migratory locust, is a subspecies of the migratory locust family Acrididae. It occurs in most of Africa south of the Sahara...

over a few weeks. Locusts in the gregarious phase differ in morphology and development. In the desert locust and the migratory locust, for example, the...

in size and structure from the African migratory locust to be considered a distinct subspecies of the migratory locust. It is found in southeastern Asia...

to affected countries and the international community. The desert locust's migratory nature and capacity for rapid population growth present major challenges...

parasite found in several locusts, such as the desert locust, African migratory locust, and Egyptian locust. Especially, the desert locust is the host for this...

Yellow-winged locust of Australia Gomphocerus sibiricus – Siberian locust of Siberia and high mountains of Europe Locusta migratoria – Migratory locust of Asia...

1974 to manage outbreaks of the Australian plague locust, spur-throated locust and migratory locust in eastern Australia. With 19 staff members at its...

The Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) is a regional organization for integrated pest and vector management to ensure food...

Locust swarms have been recorded throughout history. Those which have their own Wikipedia articles are listed here, but there are many more notable ones...

Phymateus viridipes, also known as the green milkweed locust or African bush grasshopper, is an African locust in the family Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers)...

of crustacean cardioactive peptide with the spermatheca of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria". Journal of Insect Physiology. 52 (4): 399–409...

desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), and Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegyptium). The most common locust consumed...

availability of food in different areas at different times of the year. The migratory movements may partly be linked to the fact that the fish cannot identify...

lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of the prophenoloxidase cascade in the African migratory locust Locusta migratoria. Journal of Insect Physiology, 2002. 48: p....

the subsequent expansion of the West African forest. West African hunter-gatherers occupied western Central Africa (e.g., Shum Laka) earlier than 32,000...

agricultural output and livestock production. In 2020 and 2021 East Africa experienced a Desert Locust crisis, the worst of which Kenya and Uganda had seen for 70...

endemic African insect order is Mantophasmatodea. About 875 African species of dragonflies have been recorded. The migratory locust and desert locust have...

at Kingston. There he started an African migratory locust facility. (Because of Canada's cold climate, African locusts were not regarded as an invasive...

The development of eggs of the Red Locust, Nomadacris septemfasciata (Serv.), and the African Migratory Locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides (R...

and Africa. It is migratory in the northern part of its range. Some ornithologists consider the Madagascar hoopoes as a subspecies. The African hoopoe...

longest ocean crossing of any insect: between India and Africa. Exceptionally, swarms of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, flew westwards across the...

predator of some major African agricultural pests, the South African brown locust (Locustana pardalina), the more widespread desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)...

behavior and form swarms. Under these circumstances, they are known as locusts. Grasshoppers are plant-eaters, with a few species at times becoming serious...

important locusts: Locusta migratoria: the migratory locust Chortoicetes terminifera: the Australian plague locust Locustana pardalina the brown locust These...

domesticus) Tropical house cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) European migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) Housefly...

blue bush locust or East African bush locust,[citation needed] is a pest species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae. Unlike "locusts" the adults...

contain billions of locusts. A locust can eat its own weight (about 2 grams) in plants every day. That means one million locusts can eat more than one...

weighing 15–26 g (0.53–0.92 oz)—migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It was named by Linnaeus in 1758...

widely migratory C. a. aeruginosus which is found across most of its range, and C. a. harterti which is resident all-year in north-west Africa. The western...