Large Painted Locust

Schistocerca melanocera

The Large Painted Locust is endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, except Española Island. The locusts form a large part of the diet of the Galápagos hawk and lava lizards. Can be up to 8 cm long.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOrthoptera
FamilyAcrididae
GenusSchistocerca
SpeciesS. melanocera
Photographed in
Ecuador