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Locusta migratoria (Migratory locust)

Synonyms: Gryllus migratorius

Infraspecies

Locusta migratoria migratoria (Migratory Locust)
Locusta migratoria migratorioides
Locusta migratoria tibetensis (African Migratory Locust)

Attributes

Speed [1]  10.29 MPH (4.6 m/s)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Al Wathba Wetland Reserve 1236 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates      
Kiskunsági szikes tavak és az õrjegi turjánvidék 88335 Hungary  

Predators

Merops nubicus (Northern Carmine Bee-eater)[2]
Microstylum magnum[3]
Satanas gigas[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pterygodermatites hispanica[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1CAGE SIZE AND FLIGHT SPEED OF THE TOBACCO HAWKMOTH MANDUCA SEXTA, R. D. STEVENSON, KATHLEEN CORBO, L. B. BACA AND QUANG D. LE, The Journal of Experimental Biology 198, 1665–1672 (1995)
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 3Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0