CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What shape are the hind wings of a locust?

1. What is the shape of the locust’s hind wings?

It's a triangle.

2. What are the wings of the locust's front wings?

The front wings of locusts are covered wings, which mainly protect the hind wings. The body of locusts is usually green or yellow-brown, and often varies due to environmental factors. The face is vertical, and the antennae are light yellow. The ridges in the pronotum are well developed, and the solitary type is slightly arc-shaped when viewed from the side, and the gregarious type is slightly concave, and there are often dark vertical stripes on both sides.

The forewings are narrow and long, often exceeding the middle of the hind tibia, with brown and dark spots, which are darker in the gregarious type. The hind wings are colorless and transparent. The gregarious type sometimes has two inconspicuous dark stripes on the upper side of the hind femur, which are often absent or inconspicuous in the solitary type. The hind tibia is usually orange-red, which is slightly lighter in the gregarious type, and usually has 10 to 11 spines along the outer edge.

Additional information

Locust damage: The East Asian migratory locust seriously harms crops, the Siberian locust seriously harms pasture on the grassland, the yellow-striped bamboo locust and the young bamboo locust seriously harm bamboo forests, the cotton locust and the yellow star locust harm Casuarina, teak and fir, the sugarcane locust harms sugarcane and rice, and the rice locust is one of the important pests of rice.

In addition, the smaller and more widespread locusts damage tobacco, vegetables, peanuts and sugar cane. The cotton-spotted grass katydids of the superfamily Tettigonioidea damage cotton and sweet potatoes, and the Japanese broad-winged katydids and green katydids damage citrus, tea, mulberry, poplar and walnut.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Wings

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Locust

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Orthoptera

3. What organ does the wing of a locust belong to?

Locusts have two pairs of wings. The forewings are narrow and leathery, covering the back of the body when resting, called covert wings; the hind wings are membranous, with a wide hip area.

When at rest, the wings are folded vertically under the front wings in a fan-like shape, and the wing veins are mostly straight. They can be used as flying organs and as sound organs for male insects.

4. The main structure of locust flight is urgently needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A. The hind wings play a major role when the locust is flying. When the locust is stationary, the front wings cover the hind wings for protection.

5. Are the two pairs of wings of locusts located on the chest or abdomen?

Thorax, winged insects have their wings on the thorax.

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