Acrididae


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Noun 1. Acrididae - short-horned grasshoppersAcrididae - short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
order Orthoptera, Orthoptera - grasshoppers and locusts; crickets
acridid, short-horned grasshopper - grasshopper with short antennae
genus Locusta, Locusta - a genus of Acrididae
genus Melanoplus, Melanoplus - New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers
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Locusts are a species of short-horned grasshoppers family Acrididae that have a swarming phase.
Locust attack
Locusts are certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family of Acrididae. The locusts that swarmed into Sindh are believed to be mainly desert locusts.
Watch: Locust infestation in Pakistan, cotton farmers worried
Insecticidal activity of gibberellic acid against Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) and Locusta migratoria migratoria (Orthoptera, Acrididae).
Influence of Gibberellic Acid on the Hemolymph Content of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Larvae
It is with this latter point in mind that the usage of a bee hotel by grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) was studied in an urban grassland in the UK.
Build it and they will come: grasshoppers check-in to a grassland bee hotel
The habitat functions of vegetation in relation to the behaviour of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) (Acrididae: Orthoptera)--a study in Mauritania (West Africa).
Population fluctuation of Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the Yucatan Peninsula and its relation with the environmental conditions
(Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae) have been reported as heliconia pests in the state of Pernambuco (WARUMBY et al., 2004).
Different levels of shade on population of grasshoppers and its oviposition preference on heliconias/Diferentes niveis de sombreamento na populacao de gafanhotos e sua preferencia para oviposicao em heliconias
[21] elucidated the FA contents of three Orthopterans, Acheta domesticus (Gryllidae family), Conocephalus discolor (Tettigoniidae family), and Chorthippus parallelus (Acrididae family), by utilizing GC-FID.
Identification and Quantification of Fatty Acids in T. viridissima, C. biguttulus, and C. brunneus by GC-MS
Cycle biologique Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal, 1775) et de Locusta migratoria (Linne,1768) (Orthoptera, Acrididae).
Biological activity of Calotropis procera Ait on mortality and haemogram of Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal, 1775) and Locusta migratoria (Linne, 1758)
4 3 Lepidoptera sp.3 (immature) 2 2 Neuroptera Chrysopidae Chrysoperla externa 1 1 Hemerobiidae Hemerobiidae sp.1 2 2 Orthoptera Acrididae Acrididae sp.1 11 6 Acrididae sp.2 12 3 Gryllidae Gryllus assimilis 71 13 Thysanoptera Thysanoptera sp.1 2 1 Araneae Araneidae Araneidae sp.1 1 1 Corinnidae Corinna sp.
Diversity and abundance of edaphic arthropods associated with conventional and organic sugarcane crops in Brazil
Nymphs oiStaiimrhectus longicomis Giglio-Tos (n=225), Laplatacris dispar Rhen, 1939 (n=346), Dichroplns elongatus Giglio-Tos, 1894 (n=358) anAMetaleptea brevicomis (L.) (n=251) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) were collected from the Pampean region.
Nematodes (mermithidae) parasitizing grasshoppers (orthoptera: acrididae) in the Pampean Region, Argentina/Nematoides (Mermithidae) parasitando gafanhotos (Orthoptera: Acrididae) nos Pampas regiao, a Argentina