Ask A Scientist Zoology Archive

name         jj
status       educator
age          30s

Question -   Do locusts fly or just jump?
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"Locust " is a rather generic name that may be applied to several 
different types of insects in North America, primarily grasshoppers in the 
order Orthoptera and cicadas in the order homoptera, but is most often 
used for the short-horned grasshoppers common in summer fields, which are 
sometimes serious crop pests. All these insects can fly as adults, but not 
in the immature nymph stages.

J. Elliott
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