🦗Desert locust
Die Wüstenheuschrecke (Schistocerca gregaria) zählt zu den Arten, die als Wanderheuschrecken bezeichnet werden. Sie ist eine imposante, in Bewegung auffällige Kurzfühlerschrecke. Phasenweise sind diese Tiere fähig, in Schwärmen von bis zu 50 Millionen Individuen zu wandern.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Schistocerca gregaria yet.
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- Maximum lifespan
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Everything we know about the Desert locust
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderOrthoptera
- ›familyAcrididae
- ›genusSchistocerca
- ›speciesSchistocerca gregaria
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderGrasshoppers & crickets · Orthoptera
- subfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
- genusSchistocerca
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderGrasshoppers & crickets · Orthoptera
- suborderCaelifera
- infraorderAcrididea
- subfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
- genusSchistocerca
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