Locust species Fuerteventura Canary Islands February 2018 (1 Viewer)

robinchittenden

Award winning wildlife photographer, writer, tour

• Mar 9, 2018

• #1

Can anyone identify this Locust species taken on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands in February 2018?

Thanks

Robin

 

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aeshna5

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• Mar 9, 2018

• #2

Looks like an Egyptian Grasshopper, Anacridium aegyptium, to me.

 

ApusApus

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• Mar 12, 2018

• #3

Any idea of length Robin, not convinced it's an Egyptian Grasshopper as it certainly doesn't look like the ones I see here in Cyprus but then Orthoptera can be very variable?


Shane

 

robinchittenden

Award winning wildlife photographer, writer, tour

• Mar 15, 2018

• #4

Its about two inches long. It has been suggested its a desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) but I'm not sure how many similar species there are.

 

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Stuart Ling

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• Mar 15, 2018

• #5

I'd plump for Desert Locust.

 

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aeshna5

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• Mar 16, 2018

• #6

Revisiting I think Desert Locust looks better than my earlier suggestion.

 

Steve Babbs

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• Mar 21, 2018

• #7

It looks spot on for desert locust for me.