Loucust

=Locust [Locusta Migratia]=

Habitat:

 * Temprate climates

Range:

 * All around the world because they migrate

Physical Characteristics:

 * Long legs and antennas
 * Sevral month life span
 * Grow to 0.5 to 3 inches and wiegh 0.03 0z

Diet:

 * Herbavores
 * Eat grasses an plants
 * Each day they eat their own weight

Behavior and adaptations:

 * Migrate from season to season
 * Make noise with the antennas

Reproduction:

 * Reprodice fast
 * Lay eggs 10-15 cm below soil
 * 100-105 eggs
 * Hatch in 10- 65 days

Relationship to people:

 * People in other countries eat them
 * Swarms can kill crops fast

Status

 * really common throughout the world

History

 * Related to the grass hopper

My resourcse:

 * Faber, Betty, locust, World Book L12, Chicago Illinois, 2004
 * Loucust, BBC Nature,http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3115.shtml
 * Locust,National Geographic, [|http://animals.nationalgeographttp://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/locust.html]