short-horned grasshopper

Synonyms:

acridid

Types:

locust

migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae

Locusta migratoria, migratory locust

Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation

migratory grasshopper

serious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States

Type of:

grasshopper, hopper

terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping