schistocerca

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English

Schistocerca albolineata.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Schistocerca.

Noun

schistocerca (plural schistocercas)

  1. (entomology, taxonomy, rare) Any large grasshopper of the genus Schistocerca.
    Synonym: bird grasshopper
    • 2006 October 12, vanessa cardui, “What better day than Columbus Day?”, in Am I Bugging You Yet?: Bug sightings in and around Tustin, California.‎, archived from the original on 2023-11-23:
      All the other schistocercas, except for the desert locust, schistocerca gregaria, (responsible for biblical and modern day plagues in Africa) are found in the New World.
    • 2013 May 24, mister_moustachio, “We got our grasshoppers in today. I love how they go towards the light”, in r/Entomology, Reddit‎:
      Schistocercas shouldn't be such fussy eaters. We give them dried oats and green cabbage but they should also be able to survive on grass, carrots, anything really.

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