Spur-throated locust
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The Spur-throated locust (Austracris guttulosa) is a native Australian insect in the family Acrididae
and a significant agricultural pest.
Adult females of A. guttulosa are typically 45–65 mm (1.8–2.6 ) long, and adult males are typically 35 millimetre long.
Acrididae
The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the...
and a significant agricultural pest.
Adult females of A. guttulosa are typically 45–65 mm (1.8–2.6 ) long, and adult males are typically 35 millimetre long.
See also
- Australian plague locustAustralian plague locustThe Australian plague locust is a native Australian insect in the family Acrididae and a significant agricultural pest....
, Chortoicetes terminifera – another plague locust in Australia