Italian Locust
Calliptamus italicus
The adult Italian Locust inhabits sunny steppe, dry meadows, pastures, and cultivated land across parts of Europe and western Asia. It feeds on a wide range of plants, including grasses, legumes, and field crops, and moves by powerful jumping as well as short, direct flight. When disturbed, it may kick with spined hind legs, spring away, or regurgitate bitter fluid as a deterrent. In favorable hot, dry years it can become a serious agricultural pest because adults disperse well and females lay egg pods in the soil.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Italian Locust
- Italian Locust Gregarious