A Tropical Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) on a beach on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic

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This species is likely to have reached Ascension Island from south western or west Africa during disturbed weather conditions and could well have been on the island since prehistoric times. At only 35 to 50 mm in length the form on Ascension is a distinctly smaller size than the ancestral African form.

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Size: 4258px × 2839px
Location: Dead Man's Beach, Georgetown, Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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