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title: "Migratory Locust"
description: "Locusta migratoria — Insetti e ragni. The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) is the most widespread locust species, and the only species in the genus Locusta."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/migratory-locust
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Migratory Locust

> Locusta migratoria — Insetti e ragni. The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) is the most widespread locust species, and the only species in the genus Locusta.

- Scientific name: *Locusta migratoria*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 10369
- Wikidata: [Q1059580](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059580)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201627](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201627)

## Names

- en: Migratory Locust
- de: Europäische Wanderheuschrecke
- es: Langosta migratoria
- fr: Criquet migrateur
- nl: Europese treksprinkhaan
- pt: Gafanhoto-migratório
- pl: Szarańcza wędrowna

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2084), FR (1571), IT (1257), JP (1011), PT (700), NZ (570), RU (292), HR (225), GR (151), KR (138), AU (109), UA (107)

## Summary

The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) is the most widespread locust species, and the only species in the genus Locusta. It occurs throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Because of the vast geographic area it occupies, which comprises many different ecological zones, numerous subspecies have been described. However, not all experts agree on the validity of some of these subspecies. While it reaches plague proportions in drier areas, it is solitary in northern Australia savannas.
Many other species of grasshopper with gregarious and possibly migratory behaviour are referred to as 'locusts' in…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migratory_locust

## Photo

![Migratory Locust](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/migratory-locust/medium.jpg)

Photo: Athan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254117695

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/migratory-locust?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).