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Central American Locust

Schistocerca piceifrons

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 30, February 17, March 4, April 7, May 5, June 8, July 13, August 13, September 14, October 9, November 15, December 27.
Mexico162
Yucatan46
Ecuador39
Pichincha37
Sinaloa27
Nayarit22
Jalisco19
Oaxaca13
Colima9
Guerrero5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyShort-horned Grasshoppers · Acrididae
GenusBird Grasshoppers · Schistocerca

Sources

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