Genus
Schistocerca (Bird grasshoppers)
Schistocerca lineata. Photo: (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Schistocerca is a genus of grasshoppers, commonly called bird grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. The best known species is probably the desert locust (S. gregaria). Around 50 other species are described.
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