acridid


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Noun1.acridid - grasshopper with short antennaeacridid - grasshopper with short antennae  
short-horned grasshopper
grasshopper, hopper - terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
Acrididae, family Acrididae, family Locustidae, Locustidae - short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
locust - migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
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Space requirement for the mass rearing of two common Indian acridid adults (Orthopetra: Acrididae) in laboratory condition.
EFFECT OF REPLACEMENT OF SOYBEAN MEAL BY SILKWORM MEAL ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, APPARENT METABOLIZABLE ENERGY AND NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY IN BROILERS AT DAY 28 POST HATCH
punctata may be one of the acridid species with greatest variation in size and color.
Morphometric variation among males of Orphulella punctata (De Geer, 1773) (Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) from different biomes in Brazil
2014); one mostly intact corpse of Mormotomyia embedded in spider silk along with other Mormotomyia body parts, including one head and 11 legs; and the head and partial thorax of an acridid (Orthoptera) nymph.
Newly discovered populations of the "terrible hairy fly", Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae) in Kenya, with further observations on natural history
Nutrient and Antinutrient Composition of Acridid Meal.
Oxya hyla hyla (orthoptera: acrididae) as an alternative protein source for Japanese quail
The collected material represented 947 acridid and 20 proscopids distributed in two superfamilies, 12 genera and 23 species.
Analisis faunistico de acridomorfos (Orthoptera: Acridoidea y Eumastacoidea) en Sao Sepe, RS, Brasil
The Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria Forskal is generally recognized as being phytophagous acridid that eats a wide variety of plants [8] and can cause substantial damage to pastures and crops.
Feeding preferences of gregarious nymphs and adults of the Desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria Forskal (Orthoptera, Cyrtacanthacridinae) in different habitats at Biskra oasis, Algeria
Distribution of the Mite Genus Podapoiipoides (Arachnida: Acari: Podapolipidae) Parasites of Acridid Irasshoppen Worldwide.
Zoology
Comparisons of deterrency and toxicity of selected secondary plant compounds to an oligophagous and a polyphagous acridid. Entomol.
How do predators cope with chemically defended foods?
Koch 1871, Argiope aemula (Walckenaer 1842) and Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall 1859), and (5) Olive (1980) for slowly escaping, large acridid orthopterans in the webs of A.
Web orientation, stabilimentum structure and predatory behavior of Argiope Florida Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 (Araneae, Araneidae, Argiopinae)
Ward and Whipple (1918) state that an acridid is also a developmental host, while mosquito larvae served as experimental paratenic hosts in studies by Poinar and Doelman (1974).
Synopsis and identification of North American hairworms (Gordioidea: Nematomorpha)

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