Schistocerca melanocera
| Large Painted Locust | |
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| Photographed on North Seymour Island | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Schistocerca |
| Species: | S. melanocera |
| Binomial name | |
| Schistocerca melanocera Stål, 1861 | |
The Large Painted Locust[1] (Schistocerca melanocera) is endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, except Española Island. The locusts form a large part of the diet of the Galápagos hawk and lava lizards. Can be up to 8 cm long.[1]
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