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Schistocerca gregaria, desert locustA desert locust perching on a branch. Locusts sometimes swarm to form groups of up to 80 million and can migrate over large distances
Melanoplus spretus. Rocky mountain locustA specimen of the Rocky mountain locust, also called the Rocky mountain grasshopper (Melanoplus spretus). This species that once inhabited the eastern slopes of the Rockies is now extinct
Stethophyma grossum, large marsh grasshopper. Male specimen
Calymene blumenbachii, locust trilobiteSpecimens of locust tribolites (Calymene blumenbachii) from Silurian, Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, West Midlands
Coruvs ossifragus, fish crowPlate 146 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Ornithacris pictula magnifica, locustA locust with its elytra open and wings spread. Locusts sometimes swarm to form groups of up to 80 million and can migrate over large distances
Locust model on display in the Creepy Crawlies gallery at the Natural History Museum, London
Locust Tree, Tenerife 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Phymateus morbillosus, common milkweed locust
Spizella passerina, chipping sparrowPlate 104 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Icterus spurius, orchard oriolePlate 42 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Acrididae, grasshopperA young grasshopper feeding on a leaf blade. There are eleven native species of grasshopper in Britain, which vary in size from 20 to 30mms
Monarda punctata, horsemint (right) & Gleditsia tracanthosSketch 262 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
African Estrildid finchesIllustration by W.M. Woodcock from Derek Goodwins Estrildid Finches of the World, (1982). Plate 1