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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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Plot: Pinko's Place is the story of Greg Ambers, new to L.A., who finds himself preyed upon by the colorful but deceptive people who live in his apartment building. Molotov, Locust, Daisy, Haweye, and Bison are the "neighbors with nicknames" who use Greg to get closer to a girl named Stacey. They claim it is to help the friend of the great and mysterious Mr. Pinko but he soon realizes that something more sinister is at hand.
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Plot: Robby Durrell is the prince of the vice squad. A man who's seen it all and done a little of it too. But when the enchanting Sela hires him to help track down her stripper-stepdaughter, Robby learns there's more to Sela than meets the eye.
Keywords: female-nudity, gangster, independent-film, lesbian, lesbianism, murder, police, sadomasochism, seduction, sexMachine 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...
A simple experiment on how locusts perceive the signal to swarm.
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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...
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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
Strings pull the marionettes
See how they dance
Upon the winds that beget
Our pestilence
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
Bleeding from my eyes
This plague is sent to erase us
Bleeding from inside
These vermin can't infiltrate us
Faith appears and holds a candle
Hark the angels sing
Forming clouds
Their shadow shrouds
Louder the tattered wings they sound
Tear the veil
The lies derail
Purity ever will prevail
Trumpets sound
The shattered crown
Halos of truth now they surround
The charade comes down
Down they come
The swarm of locusts
Skies above
Converge to choke us
Feast of souls
Consume the harvest
Young and old