Yes.

There is no difference between locusts and grasshoppers. They are the same animal. They are mainly divided into two types: migratory locusts and soil locusts. Among them, the East Asian migratory locust is the most widely distributed in my country and is also the main pest causing locust plagues.

Locusts are grasshoppers, but they are called differently in different regions. Locusts are widely distributed animals in the world. They are divided into two species: soil locusts and migratory locusts. In my country, there are mainly East Asian migratory locusts, Tibetan migratory locusts, Asian migratory locusts, Chinese inverted locusts, and short-fronted locusts.

Locusts eat a wide range of food, mainly feeding on wheat, rice, corn, reeds and other grass plants. When food is insufficient, they will also eat beans, tobacco, vegetables, leaves, grass stems and other plants. , and locusts have strong reproductive capabilities. Each female locust can lay more than two hundred eggs at a time.

Natural enemies of locusts

1. Frogs

(1) Mainly grow in reeds, weeds, low-lying lands, pits, ponds, ditches and other places.

(2) Frogs are the main force in destroying locusts. One frog can destroy about 10,000 locusts.

(3) One frog can kill an average of 50 locusts every day, and some can kill 266 locusts.

(4) Toads can kill about 10,000 locusts in 3 months in summer.

2. Birds

(1) The natural enemies of locusts mainly include plovers, white-winged gulls, field wrens, etc.

(2) During the brooding period, one pair of swallows and one nest of chicks can kill about 16,200 swallows every month.

3. Lizards

(1) Mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas, their habitats include terrestrial, arboreal, semi-aquatic, and soil burrowing.

(2) Locust hunting time is in spring and summer.