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Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca pallens

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Acrididae

Schistocerca pallens is a large “bird grasshopper” in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae that occurs throughout tropical America. It is closely related to Schistocerca cancellata but shows no swarming behaviour or locust phase polymorphism, even under crowded laboratory conditions. Although not a swarming locust, it can occur at sufficiently high densities to cause economic damage.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 8