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Egyptian Locust

Anacridium aegyptium

Photo by Janice Parr
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Its been nearly a year since my last spotting of an Egyptian Locust. This one was of a similar size of around 70mm so appears to be a female as the males only grow to around 55 to 60mm. You tend to easily spot them as they land as they seem to have a very clumsy landing so they catch your eye.

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Anacridium aegyptium

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Comments (2)
Janice Parr
Now that would be a big locust wouldn't it asergio, it should read mm. Thanks for pointing out my error.
Sergio Monteiro
Sorry, Janice, but did you say 60 cm? that would be two feet!
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2012

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