Wikijunior:Bugs/Locust
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[edit] What does it look like?
Solitary locusts vary from brown to red. Mature gregarious locusts are usually yellowish.
[edit] Where does it live?
The locust tends to live in arid desert-like regions such as the Middle East. The locust's primary breed, the desert locust lives in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. However the locust has migratory patterns based on where they can find food.
[edit] What does it eat?
The locust eats crops. They are a herbivorous type of insect. The locust swarms human crop fields for food. They will eat most plants.
[edit] How does it defend itself?
The locust by itself does not have a defense method against something like a human. It's salvation is that it is hard to find one alone. Locust travel in huge swarms as adults and similar sized groups as flightless Nymphs.
[edit] What stages of metamorphosis does it go through?
complete metamorphosis.
[edit] What special behavior does it exhibit?
[edit] How does this bug affect people?
Locust swarms can destroy a crop completely.
