Acridoidea (Short-horned grasshoppers and locusts)

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Trimerotropis pallidipennis. Photo: (c) Rebecca Essenpreis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Acridoidea is a superfamily in the order Orthoptera, that includes many of the grasshoppers (and which includes most locusts).

Family: Acrididae (Short-horned grasshoppers)

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