Schistocerca melanocera
Large Painted Locust | |
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Photographed on North Seymour Island | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Genus: | Schistocerca |
Species: | S. melanocera |
Binomial name | |
Schistocerca melanocera Stål, 1861 | |
The Large Painted Locust[1] (Schistocerca melanocera) is endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, except Española Island. The locusts form a large part of the diet of the Galápagos hawk and lava lizards. Can be up to 8 cm long.[1]
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External links
- Media related to Schistocerca melanocera at Wikimedia Commons
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