Recent Posts Tagged With 'insect - acrididae - locust'

• Mating Locusts, Series #4

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 03:02 in insect - sex, insect - acrididae - locust

  This is the 4th series on topical locusts. Shown below is a mating locust couple. Different postures, different places but the same couple.Smaller male on top.Note the tiny spike on their limbs.Mating locusts on a fern stem.Related posts:* Tropical...

• Tropical Giant Locust, Series #3

  Posted on Wednesday November 12th, 2008 at 23:41 in insect -, insect - acrididae - locust

  This is the third series on tropical locust. It's a giant black and brown locust measuring over six inches from tip of its feelers to tip of its tail.The photo subject was captured at Kinabalu Pine Resort, Kundasang, Sabah.Giant locust #1Giant locust...

• Tropical Giant Locust, Series #2

  Posted on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 at 11:23 in insect -, insect - acrididae - locust

  This is the second series on tropical locust, but not just locust, it's a giant locust measuring over six inches from tip of its feelers to tip of its tail.It's take me two attempts to photograph this locust (which happen to linger at my backyard). M...

• Tropical locust

  Posted on Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 21:41 in insect - acrididae - locust

  Close up shot of a green locust with black top. The locust is green because it is in tropical Borneo. In other places, it would be brownish (desert locust). And yes, tropical locust doesn't ravage crops (swarming of crops) like in Africa or Europe be...