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The desert locust, *Schistocerca gregaria*, is a grasshopper species native to arid regions across Africa, Arabia, and southwest Asia. It’s notable for its highly organized swarming behavior, enabling massive migrations that devastate agricultural lands. These swarms pose a significant threat to foo...
The brown locust, *Locustana pardalina*, is a grasshopper species native to Southern Africa belonging to the Acrididae family. It’s notable for its tendency to form large swarms, particularly impacting agricultural crops in regions like the Karoo. These outbreaks primarily affect farmers and land ma...
Locusta migratoria migratorioides is the African and Malagasy subspecies of the migratory locust, an insect belonging to the order Orthoptera. Like other locusts, this subspecies exhibits polyphenism, meaning it can transition between a harmless, solitary phase and a destructive, swarming phase depe...
Anacridium melanorhodon, commonly known as the Sahelian tree locust, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae. It is native to the Sahel region of Africa, as well as parts of the Middle East and southwestern Asia. The insect is typically arboreal, feeding on the leaves and branc...
Locusta migratoria cinerascens is a Mediterranean subspecies of the migratory locust, frequently found in the Iberian Peninsula and recognized for its periodic swarming behavior.
The Bombay locust (Nomadacris succincta) is an Asian swarming grasshopper notable for major crop outbreaks in India before 1927.
Aiolopus simulatrix is an oedipodine locust described by Walker in 1870 and listed as the Sudan plague locust of eastern Sudan.
A grasshopper species native to sub-Saharan Africa, named for its African distribution and recognized as a potential locust pest.
Locusta migratoria capito is the Madagascan subspecies of the migratory locust, notable for forming crop-damaging swarms in Madagascar.
Described by Burmeister in 1861, the South American Locust is a devastating agricultural pest capable of forming massive swarms across Argentina and neighboring countries.
Hieroglyphus banian is an Asian rice grasshopper described in 1798, notable as a major Indian pest of rice, maize, sorghum, and sugarcane.
