The Family Acrididae has more than 600 species in North America and over 10,000 species worldwide. Grasshoppers in this family sometimes swarm in massive numbers, known as locusts…all locusts are grasshoppers, but not all grasshoppers are locusts.
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Celebrating and Caring for the Land
2023-05-16
The Family Acrididae has more than 600 species in North America and over 10,000 species worldwide. Grasshoppers in this family sometimes swarm in massive numbers, known as locusts…all locusts are grasshoppers, but not all grasshoppers are locusts.
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