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Photos of Australian plague locust egg beds and egg pods
Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) egg bed and egg pods laid in autumn 2004.
A locust laying eggs in the soil - the female digs into the hard soil using her jaw-like ovipositor.
Sampling locust eggs near near Goolgowi in NSW. This is a typical egg laying site - locusts favour areas of hard, compact, bare soil often along tracks or on clay pans.
Close-up of a locust egg pod - each pod can contain 30-50 eggs.
A locust egg pod dug up from the soil - pods are usually laid 3-8 cm deep.
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