Locusts are just several species of short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae that sometimes form very large groups (swarms) which can be highly destructive and migrate in a more or less coordinated way.
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i belive it is because grasshoppers are shorter than a cricket i think
locust fly by the millions disapering whole crops and are a very concern for farmers of other countries.
The difference between a locust and a katydid is a locust is short horned grasshopper. A katydid is a long horned grasshopper, or what is known as just a grasshopper.
An acridoid is an acridine (grasshopper or locust-like) humanoid creature. It is also any animal similar to a grasshopper or locust.
Locust
That is the correct spelling of "locust," a flying insect related to the grasshopper.
Those are called locust.
No, it is a type of grasshopper.
A locust is an insect. More specifically a locust is a type of grasshopper with a tendency toward swarming behavior.
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There are three main kinds of grasshoppers found in Ohio. These include the differential grasshopper, the redlegged grasshopper, and the Carolina locust.
Swarming locust is a locust that is flying in a huge group of other locusts. They generally take over and consume everything in their path. A crawling locust is solitary.