Cannibalistic feeding attack (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Cannibalistic feeding attack

Caption

A migratory locust Locusta migratoria eats a conspecific. Cannibalism is considered one of the main drivers of the devastating swarming behavior of locusts.

Credit

Benjamin Fabian, MPI for Chemical Ecology

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