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Bufonacris claraziana
Bufonacris claraziana
'tucura Sapo' (spanish)
Photographer: Richard D. Sage

ID: 0000 0000 1216 4219 (2016-12-27)

Copyright © 2016 Richard Sage

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  • date of photo  Nov 12, 2016
  • date collected  Nov 12, 2016
  • latitude -42.15091   longitude -70.80638     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Cushamen Departamento, Chubut Prov., Argentina -42.150909ºlat., -70.806381ºlong., 746m elev. (Argentina)
  • family Tristiridae
  • order Orthoptera
  • class Insecta
  • habitat  Patagonian steppe - 'a cold desert'
  • species associated with this habitat: Steppe habitat    with common shrubs (Mulinum spinosum    Senecio filaginoides    Nassauvia sp.    Stilingia patagonicum) and bunch grasses (Agrostis sp.    Bromus sp.    Festuca sp.    Jarava sp.    Poa sp.    Stipa sp.).  
  • notes   Flightless animal collected from a migratory band that had walked about 20 km in about 3 weeks. Large numbers died trying to cross a local stream, and thousands more killed by burning, poisoning, and trenching by land owners. “Tucura sapo” – toad-like locust. 'Tucura' (Spanish) derived from Tupi-Guarani language ('tu' + 'cura' = animal voracious). Three species of Bufonacris, all in southern South America. Only this species has mass migrations.
  • keywords: locust outbreak, mass migration, natural mortality, control measures
  • camera   Nikon COOLPIXP342
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

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  • common names   'tucura Sapo' (spanish) (photographer)
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