Eastern plague locust (Oedaleus australis)

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Eastern plague locust (Oedaleus australis)
Eastern plague locust
Taxonomy
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Genus:	Oedaleus
Additional resources
Full taxonomy at OSF

Nomenclature

Oedaleus australis Saussure, 1888. For full nomenclature, see this taxon's page on Orthoptera Species File

https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/locusts/about/id-guide/description_of_adults/6_eastern_plague_grasshopper_oedaleus_australis#:~:text=Adult%20Description%3A%20Colour%20is%20usually,down%20from%20it%20in%20profile.

Identification

Has a posternal tubercle (a small knob-like protrusion) between front legs. Tegmina (thick front wing of an orthopteran) marked with large irregular spots. Pronotum (saddle-shaped structure behind the head) is not crested, is more condensed and prominent saddle shape in gregarious phase.

Phase	Stage	Color	Body length
Gregarious	nymph (1st - 2nd instar)	black
Gregarious	nymph (3rd to 4th instar)	yellow with black
Solitarious	nymph	green
Gregarious	immature adult	pink
Gregarious	mature adult	yellow
Solitarious	adult	sandy, grey or brown, common light colored median stripe on the pronotum

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Pest status

Outbreak media coverage

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Associated organizations

Organization name	Acronym	Website	Type	Focus	Focus keywords	Geographic purview
Agriculture Victoria		View URL	Government	Management, Education	Management	Australia
Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry		View URL	Government	Information Hub		Australia
Australian National University	ANU	View URL	University	Research		Australia
Australian Plague Locust Commission	APLC	View URL	Government	Management, Research, Governance	Agricultural development, Control, Coordination, Education, Emergency assistance, Forecasting, Funding, Governance, Information hub, International development, Media, Monitoring, Policy, Regional cooperation, Research, Sustainable development, Technology, Training, Natural sciences	Australia
Australian Research Council	ARC	View URL	Government	Funding		Australia
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development	DPI WA	View URL	Government	Management	Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Training	Australia
Department of Primary Industries and Regions	PIRSA	View URL	Government	Management, Development, Information Hub	Control, Sustainable development	Australia
Land Care Australia	LCA	View URL	Government	Funding		Australia
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries	NSW DPI	View URL	Government	Education, Management	Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Training, Natural sciences	Australia
New South Wales Local Land Services	NSW LLS	View URL	Government	Management	Monitoring, Control, Natural sciences	Australia
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries	QLD DPI	View URL	Government	Management	Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Natural sciences	Australia
Western Australia Department of Agriculture and Food	DPIRD	View URL	Government	Information Hub, Governance, Management	Coordination, Monitoring	Australia

Resources

Name	Year published	Resource link	Descriptive keyword	Language	Geographic purview	Author	Year published
Sustainable use and conservation of microbial and invertebrate biological control agents and microbial biostimulants	2023	View URL	Management, Biological control, Biopesticide	English	Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania	Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International	2023