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Their own body weight (about 2g) in vegetable and plant matter.
I only just learnt this while I was making my geography 'hot desert' project. I cant belive u belived that.
A Desert Locust adult can consume roughly its own weight in fresh food per day, that is about two grams every day. A very small part of an average swarm (or about one tonne of locusts) eats the same amount of food in one day as about 10 elephants or 25 camels or 2,500 people
As Geoff Lawton says in his Permaculture Food Forest DVD, "If you have a plague of grasshoppers you ACTUALLY have a deficiency of turkeys". A 1kg turkey will eat 3kg of grasshoppers in a season. Locusts and Grasshoppers are ideal prey for the ground bird habitat.
If you have a snail or slug problem you ACTUALLY have a duck deficiency!
They eat a lot of plants that is way they are so bad for Farmer's eat at least their body weight everyday. They like plants that are grown for food in most parts of the world.
The desert locust is a species of locust. A desert locust is said to be the most dangerous of all pests due to its ability to fly across long distances and it can eat the plants equivalent to its own weight.
Yes, a desert locust can eat its own weight of food in a day. This is the reason it is said to be one of the most dangerous pests.
The desert locust is a species of locust. A desert locust is said to be the most dangerous of all pests due to its ability to fly across long distances and it can eat the plants equivalent to its own weight.
The average adult locust will consume about 2 grams of food in a day or about as much as it weighs. A swarm of locust can eat the same amount of food in one day as 2,500 people.
Predators of desert locust
Desert locust was created in 1775.
Predators of desert locust
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A Desert Locust adult can consume roughly its own weight in fresh food per day, that is about two grams every day. A very small part of an average swarm (or about one ton of locusts) eats the same amount of food in one day as about 10 elephants or 25 camels or 2,500 people.
Stanley Richard Baron has written: 'The desert locust' -- subject(s): Desert locust 'Your guide to Bermuda'
A desert 'local' can eat as much as he/she desires and can afford.
This depends on what kind of locust it is. All belong to the family Acrididae. Here is a short list: * Locusta migratoria- the migratory locust * Nomadracis septemfasciata- the red locust * Chortoicetes terminifera- the Australian plague locust * Schistocera americana- American desert locust * Schistocera gregaria- Desert locust