schistocerca

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.‎^[1], 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^[2]:

     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.

See also

• schistocerca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Schistocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Schistocerca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons