Belalang gurun

**Belalang gurun** (*Schistocerca gregaria*) adalah sebuah spesies belalang dalam keluarga Acrididae. Spesies tersebut biasanya ditemukan di Afrika, Arabia dan Asia Barat, dan tersebar sampai belahan Asia Selatan.

## Referensi

## Bacaan tambahan
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## Pranala luar

*Desert Locust crisis in the Horn of Africa - FAO Website 
*FAO Locust Watch site
*Lubilosa site
*Delivery systems
*Why Locusts Swarm: A Study Finds 'Tipping Point'
*Columbia University IRI Climate and Desert Locust 
*Desert Locust Meteorological Monitoring, at Sahel Resources
*Cultivation of locusts for the pet trade
*Modelling insect wings using the finite element method