A captive desert locust, Schistcerca gregaria, shedding its skin that was bought from a petshop in the UK where they are sold as food for pet reptiles

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A captive desert locust, Schistcerca gregaria, shedding its skin that was bought from a petshop in the UK where they are sold as food for pet reptiles for example. In the wild locusts cause tremendous damage to crops and can form swarms numbering millions. Photographed in a studio, Dorset England UK GB

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Size: 3328px × 4992px
Photo credit: © www.pqpictures.co.uk / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., captive, crops, damage, declining, desert, flying, food, gregaria, insect, insects, live, locust, pest, pet, petshop, schistcerca, shedding, skin, species, swarm, swarms, trade, uk, winged