Comparison of Australian plague locust and Aiolopus thalassinus adults
Australian Plague Locust - Chortoicetes terminifera
Aiolopus thalassinus
Major differences between adults of these species: Adults of the Australian plague locust are similar in size to Aiolopus but differences in shape, colour and markings are obvious:
- Aiolopus body is much slimmer and head more angled in profile than the plague locust
- forewings of Aiolopus have a light stripe along the first half
- hind wings of Aiolopus do not have a distinct spot as seen in the plague locust
- hind leg tibia of Aiolopus is straw coloured and not red like the plague locust
Aiolopus adults rarely form into dense swarms as seen in the plague locust.
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