Locusts Facing (IMAGE)
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A solitary male desert locust (left) facing a gregarious male (right) of the same species. Solitary locusts rely on camouflage to elude their predators. In the swarming gregarious phase, locusts feed on toxic plants to make themselves unpalatable, and develop bright yellow warning colors to advertise this to predators.
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Image credits: Tom Fayle, University of Cambridge.
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