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Locusts are the swarming phase of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. In the solitary phase, these grasshoppers are innocuous, their numbers are low and they cause little economic threat to agriculture. However, under suitable conditions of drought followed by rapid vegetation growth, serotonin in their brains triggers a dramatic set of changes: they start to breed abundantly, becoming gregarious and nomadic (loosely described as migratory) when their populations become dense enough. They form bands of wingless nymphs which later become swarms of winged adults. Both the bands and the swarms move around and rapidly strip fields and cause damage to crops. The adults are powerful fliers; they can travel great distances, consuming most of the green vegetation wherever the swarm settles.
Locusts have formed plagues since prehistory. The Ancient Egyptians carved them on their tombs and the insects are mentioned in the Bible and the Quran. Swarms have devastated crops and been a contributory cause of famines and human migrations. More recently, changes in agricultural practices and better surveillance of locations where swarms tend to originate, have meant that control measures can be used at an early stage. The traditional means of control are based on the use of insecticides from the ground or the air, but other methods using biological control are proving effective.
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Genres: ,As if we hadn't already seen enough Biblical events this year, a plague of over 30 million locusts swarmed over Egypt's cities and farms just three weeks before Passover begins. But put your apocalyptic fears to rest. This happens every year as part of the locusts' natural migration pattern, though this year's swarm is especially large. That doesn't mean Egyptians aren't freaked the heck out by millions of nasty bugs buzzing through the air at all hours of day and night, possibly descending upon the agriculture fields where they're known to destroy entire crops, just like in the actual Passover story. The crops are so far safe, Egyptian officials assured the public. As the plague made its way from the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia at the end of last week and this weekend, though, Egyptian Agric...
A simple experiment on how locusts perceive the signal to swarm.
Return of the Plagues - Locusts Swarms of locusts are still a very real plague today. They afflict drought areas, especially after a rare rainfall, leaving a trail of destruction behind. In Africa, this regularly leads to disastrous famines. Fighting the locusts with crop dusters is too costly for many of the poorer countries, and classic insecticides take an extremely high toll on the environment and the remaining plants. Researchers all over the world are looking for new, more effective ways to combat the invaders. Scientists at the University of Halle in Germany are experimenting with pheromones that might upset the insects’ mating behavior. In Australia, where swarms of locusts have recently been destroying crops in parts of the country that never had this problem before, the locusts ...
Amazing time-lapse footage of locusts moving across African deserts. Taken from the BBC series Wild Africa. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos and watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Earth YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcearth
Don't get caught in the eye of the SWARM. Dr. Maddy Rierdon, an investigator for the Department of Agriculture, is the only person who can protect America from a deadly breed of bioengineered locusts.
Machine Head's music video for 'Locust' from the album, Unto The Locust - available now on Roadrunner Records. iTunes: http://bit.ly/15Alg3w Subscribe: http://bit.ly/171a3Ya Site: http://www.machinehead1.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MachineHead Twitter: https://twitter.com/MfnH Instagram: http://instagram.com/machine_head LYRICS Sweet caress grazes my skin. It's loveless, these hooks sink in. Behind an angel's disguise, an insect preys. Mandibles cut like a knife, a reckoning. Forming clouds, their shadow shrouds. Louder the tattered wings they sound. Descending down. Down they come, the swarm of locusts. Skies above converge to choke us. Feast of souls consume the harvest. Young and old, suffer unto the locust. Surrender, these veins are bled. Devoured, nothing sacred. Str...
Madagascar needs more than $41 million to eliminate a severe locust plague that threatens the country's crop production. For more CNN videos, visit our site at http://www.cnn.com/video/
Madagascar's worst locust plague in 60 years has infested about half of the island, destroying crops and raising concerns over food shortages. Malagasy authorities say they don't have the resources to deal with this natural disaster and are calling on donors to pay for large-scale spraying to fight the plague. Duration: 02:21
Youtube already took this down, so share it, spread it and know it. Theres no coincidence that that miltary op is called LOCUST, its all coming to pass, its all happening for those with eyes to see. RFB http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2017/01/10/us-military-swarm-mini-drones-test/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ubGk0Sw_o http://www.popsci.com/chinas-new-fleet-drones-zhuhai-2016-airshow-displays-future-chinese-warbots-and-swarms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndFKUKHfuM0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTgJC-DqMFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_0T_UnhJI https://www.patreon.com/RichieFromBoston Help me help others as well as Make much needed upgrades to my equipment and channel RFB Special thanks to ODD Reailty And NICHOLSON1968 for the intros and outros Disclaimer: All works by Ric...
I could see the other end
Repeat as necessary
A beam shown divided
Shaded over screens
In the presence of visuals
Covered and drawn in
Watched its repetition siphoning
In the corners
Locusts rotating
Empty me feeding
Conceived the believing
As parted or programmed
Plans of obsolescence
Inhale again
Do you see its face?
Or the master's orders
They consumed the maker over again
In the corners
Locusts rotating