Schistocerca
Encyclopedia
Schistocerca, commonly called bird grasshoppers, is a genus of grasshoppers
, many of which swarm as locust
s. The best known species is probably the Desert Locust
(S. gregaria). There are around 50 other species.
Notable species include:
Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are insects of the suborder Caelifera.Grasshoppers may also refer to:* Grasshopper , a Hong Kong-based musical group* Grasshopper Club Zürich, a Swiss football club...
, many of which swarm as locust
Locust
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...
s. The best known species is probably the Desert Locust
Desert locust
Plagues of the desert locust have threatened agricultural production in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia for centuries. The livelihood of at least one-tenth of the world’s human population can be affected by this voracious insect...
(S. gregaria). There are around 50 other species.
Notable species include:
- Schistocerca albolineata – White-lined Bird Grasshopper
- Schistocerca alutacea – Leather-colored Bird Grasshopper
- Schistocerca americana – American Bird Grasshopper
- Schistocerca camerata
- Schistocerca cancellata – South American Locust
- Schistocerca ceratiola – Rosemary Grasshopper
- Schistocerca damnifica – Mischievous Bird Grasshopper
- Schistocerca emarginata – Prairie Bird Locust
- Schistocerca flavofasciata
- Schistocerca gregariaDesert locustPlagues of the desert locust have threatened agricultural production in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia for centuries. The livelihood of at least one-tenth of the world’s human population can be affected by this voracious insect...
– Desert Locust - Schistocerca impleta
- Schistocerca lineata – Spotted Bird Grasshopper
- Schistocerca literosa – Small Painted Locust
- Schistocerca melanoceraSchistocerca melanoceraThe painted locust, Schistocerca melanocera, is endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. The locusts form a large part of the diet of the Galápagos hawk and lava lizards....
– Painted Locust - Schistocerca nitensSchistocerca nitensSchistocerca nitens is a species of grasshopper known by several common names, including vagrant grasshopper and gray bird grasshopper. It is a close relative of the desert locust, which is in the same genus. This grasshopper is native to southern North America including Mexico and the southwestern...
– Gray Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca obscura – Obscure Bird Grasshopper
- Schistocerca pallens
- Schistocerca piceifrons – Central American Locust
- Schistocerca quisqueya
- Schistocerca rubiginosa – Rusty Bird Grasshopper
- Schistocerca shoshone – Green Bird Grasshopper
External links
- Schistocerca americana on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
/ IFASInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesThe University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...
Featured Creatures Web site - Schistocerca ceratiola on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
/ IFASInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesThe University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...
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