Nutritional Ecology of Schistocerca Piceifrons Piceifrons Adults from Socorro Island, Mexico (Report‪)‬

Introduction Socorro Island is a natural protected area within Mexico, located in the Revillagigedo Archipelago on the Pacific Ocean, at lat 18[degrees] 41' 57" N, long 110[degrees] 56' 33" W (Brattstrom, 1990). The presence of Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, E, 1870) has been noted in this area since 1995-1996. This species, commonly known as the "Central American locust" (Jimenez 1973), has a wide distribution and a great importance in Mexico and the rest of Central America, since it is able to aggregate into dense moving masses of individuals which devastate any vegetation they encounter. Although the species has been well studied at the level of population ecology, its nutritional ecology is poorly understood.