compare and contrast the Life cycle of a locust and a butterfly
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Locusts are a species of insects that fall under the family Acrididae and the order Orthoptera. Locusts are found all over the world and look very similar to grasshopper insects. Very often the locusts are mistaken for grasshoppers. The characteristics of locusts vary depending on the species. For example, the Locusta migratoria known as migratory locust is found in grasslands of Africa, South Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Similarly, the South American locust known as Schistocerca paranensis is abundantly found in the central and southern parts of America. Swarms of locusts have ruined and destroyed agricultural crops worldwide.
Let’s look at the life cycle of a locust to get a better understanding
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Unlike a grasshopper, a butterfly looks nothing at all like its parents when it hatches. A butterfly starts life as a multi-legged caterpillar (also known as a larva) and feeds on leaves. Like a grasshopper, a caterpillar molts as it grows. ... While inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar is called a pupa.As for other locusts and grasshoppers, there are three successive development stages: egg, nymph and adult. The nymph (or hopper) stage can be further divided into growth stages called instars.