Orthoptera: Acrididae

Chortoicetes terminifera  

Australian Plague Locust (Chortoicetes terminifera)
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© Vik Dunis 2016
Murray-Sunset National Park, VIC (Apr, 2016)
Common Names
  • Australian Plague Locust
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We didn't see many locusts this time, but there wasn't much grass either, and even less as our subject devoured each miniscule blade.

Australian Plague Locust (Chortoicetes terminifera)

Australian Plague Locust