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Migratory locust Locusta migratoria. Image: juliebun / CC-BY-NC
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Acrididae
Te Rahi
- E 56 mm te roa, me te uru mai anō o ngā parirau ki tēnei inenga.
Size range
- Found around the world except N and S America
- North and South Island
Te Tītaringa
- Kitea ai puta noa i te ao, hāunga anō i Amerika ki te Raki me Amerika ki te Tonga.
- Kei Te Ika me Te Waka a Māui.
Distribution
- NZ in cultivated lowland areas. Self introduced from Australia
Te Huringa Ora
- Kai ai i ngā momo tipu katoa.
- Kāore e tipu kia mano, kia rea i Aotearoa nei. Tērā pea nā te makariri o konei i kore ai e rearea rawa.
Life history
- Eats any plant material
- Does not reach plague proportions in New Zealand, probably because temperatures are not high enough to trigger swarming
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![Migratory locust [Locusta migratoria] nymph. Image: Sunita Singh / CC-0 Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Migratory_Locust_Locusta_migratoria_Sunita_Singh_CC0__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)