Red locust
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The red locust is a large grasshopper species found in sub-Saharan Africa. Its name refers to the colour of its hind wings. It is sometimes called the criquet nomade in French, due to its nomadic move
Nomadacris septemfasciata
Hopper band in Iku-Katavi, Tanzania
Hoppers on wild sorghum stalk
Hoppers killed by the fungus Metarhizium acridum
Cyrtacanthacridinae
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The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa, and Knarrschreck
Red locust
…Boris Uvarov and the species was named originally as Acridium septemfasciatum by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1838. It is placed in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae, the bird locusts. Other species previously placed in Nomadacris are now considered part of the genus Patanga. The overall colour of adult insects is…
SGR laying
Acanthacris ruficornis, in Ghana
Anacridium aegyptium
Schistocerca gregaria