Listen to the red locust
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About the red locust
The red locust is a insect in the family Acrididae (order Orthoptera).
What does the red locust sound like?
Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
From Wikipedia
The red locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata) is a large grasshopper species found in sub-Saharan Africa. Its name refers to the colour of its hind wings. It is sometimes called the criquet nomade in French, due to its nomadic movements in the dry season. When it forms swarms, it is described as a locust.
Nomadacris septemfasciata is in the family Acrididae and is the only member of the genus Nomadacris. The genus Nomadacris was erected in 1923 by Boris Uvarov and the species was named originally as Acridium septemfasciatum by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1838. It is placed in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae, the bird locusts. Other species previously placed in Nomadacris are now considered part of the genus Patanga.
More from the family Acrididae
Migratory locust
Locusta migratoria
Large gold grasshopper
Chrysochraon dispar
Rattle grasshopper
Psophus stridulus
Bow-winged grasshopper
Chorthippus biguttulus
Common green grasshopper
Omocestus viridulus
Small gold grasshopper
Euthystira brachyptera
Common field grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus
Lesser marsh grasshopper
Chorthippus albomarginatus
Large marsh grasshopper
Stethophyma grossum
Dociostaurus maroccanus
Dociostaurus maroccanus
Rufous grasshopper
Gomphocerippus rufus
Stripe-winged grasshopper
Stenobothrus lineatus
Frequently asked questions
What does a red locust sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the red locust on this page. Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
What family does the red locust belong to?
The red locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata) belongs to the family Acrididae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 596 13 Nomodacris septemfasciata 001r5 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q3002690 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red locust – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Christiaan Kooyman – Public domain