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    Locusta or Lucusta (died 69), was a notorious maker of poisons in the 1st-century Roman Empire, active in the final two reigns of the Julio-Claudian dynasty...
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    Valeriana locusta, commonly called mâche, cornsalad, or lamb's lettuce, a small, herbaceous, annual flowering plant in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae...
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    Sound of Locusta migratoria Field recording in the Netherlands 21s Problems playing this file? See media help. The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)...
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    Locusts (derived from the Latin locusta, locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming...
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    Amphipoda Family: Talitridae Genus: Talitrus Species: T. saltator Binomial name Talitrus saltator (Montagu, 1808)  Synonyms Talitrus locusta Sars, 1890 ...
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    Gammarus locusta is a species in the family Gammaridae ("scuds"), in the order Amphipoda ("amphipods"). bugguide.net Gammarus locusta species information...
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    Operazione Locusta is the code name given to the contribution of the Italian Air Force in the Gulf War. Following the invasion and annexation of Kuwait...
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    Locusta migratoria manilensis, commonly known as the Oriental migratory locust, is a subspecies of the migratory locust (L. migratoria) in the family...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schistocerca americana. Schistocerca americana is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae known commonly...
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    Aularches (redirect from Locusta punctata)
    Aularches miliaris is a grasshopper species of the monotypic genus Aularches, belonging to the family Pyrgomorphidae. A native of South and Southeast Asia...
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    Locusta migratoria migratoria recording Problems playing this file? See media help. Locusta migratoria migratorioides, commonly known as the African migratory...
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    Ida locusta, synonyms including Sudamerlycaste locusta, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. Ida locusta is a large orchid with night-blooming...
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    British military activities during the operations and conflict Operazione Locusta (Italian for Locust) was the Italian name for the operations and conflict...
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    Locusta migratoria cinerascens is a subspecies of the migratory locust (L. migratoria) in the family Acrididae. This species is present in Italy and Spain...
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    Tropical house cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) European migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) Housefly (Musca domestica)...
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    in their accounts of the poisoning. Tacitus says that the poison-maker Locusta prepared the toxin, which was served to the Emperor by his servant Halotus...
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    Family: Tettigoniidae Genus: Acanthoproctus Species: A. cervinus Binomial name Acanthoproctus cervinus (Haan, 1842) Synonyms Locusta cervinus Haan, 1842...
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    (Linnaeus, 1758) Gryllus carolinus Linnaeus, 1758 Gryllus (Locusta) carolinus Linnaeus, 1758 Locusta carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) Oedipoda carolina (Linnaeus...
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    intentions of placing Britannicus on the throne, had a well-known poisoner, Locusta, infuse mushrooms with poison that were fed to the emperor. There were...
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  • siliqua, whose pods are called locust beans "Locust" comes from the Latin locusta, meaning both "locust" (the insect) and "lobster". By analogy with a Levantine...
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    Synonyms Locusta viridissima (L., 1758) Gryllus viridissimus L., 1758 Phasgonura viridissima (L., 1758) Agraecia incognita Piza, 1970 Locusta maroccana...
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    spinulosa (Linnaeus, 1763) Synonyms  Gryllus spinulosus Linnaeus, 1763 Locusta spinulosus (Linnaeus, 1763) Eugaster spinulosus (Linnaeus, 1763) Eugaster...
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  • comosa, tufted horned rampion Phyteuma, a genus of wildflowers Valerianella locusta, also known as lamb's lettuce, corn salad, common cornsalad, mâche (/mɑːʃ/)...
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    in Caenorhabditis elegans; Locusta migratoria swarming behaviour; and various nervous roles in Rhipicephalus, Apis, Locusta, Periplaneta, Drosophila, Phormia...
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    originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius under the scientific name of Locusta pedestris. Subspecies include: Antaxius pedestris apuanus Nadig, 1958 -...
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    correctly cited type species of Locusta Linnaeus, 1758 (Caelifera) is Gryllus migratorius Linnaeus, 1758, not Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758). Designation...
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    inhabit xeric weedy fields, and some are considered to be important locusts: Locusta migratoria: the migratory locust Chortoicetes terminifera: the Australian...
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    of Locusta migratoria. The Okinawa strain of this species is deficient in [His7]-corazonin and is albino. One of the typical features of Locusta migratoria...
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    belonging to the family Tettigoniidae. The species was originally described as Locusta punctatissima in 1792. The speckled bush-cricket is common across much...
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    Italian corn salad Valeriana fauriei Briq. – Korean valerian Valeriana locusta L. – corn salad, lamb's lettuce, mâche, fetticus Valeriana macrocera (Torr...
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