Posts Tagged: locusts

The Locusts Are Coming!

The locusts are coming! The locusts are coming!No, not the one below, a banded-winged grasshopper (family Acrididae and subfamily Oedipodinae) that we spotted west of the UC Davis campus--and identified by Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist at the...

This grasshopper, aka locust, is a banded-winged grasshopper, family Acrididae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This grasshopper, aka locust, is a banded-winged grasshopper, family Acrididae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A work in progress by Oakland-based artist Cyrus Tilton. (Courtesy Photo)

A work in progress by Oakland-based artist Cyrus Tilton. (Courtesy Photo)

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