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Locusts (derived from the
Latin locusta,
locust or lobster) are
various species of short-horned gr****hoppers in the
family Acrididae that have a swarming...
- Cicadas,
often called locusts when they
swarm Magicicada, a
genus of
cicadas often referred to as "13-year or 17-year
locusts"
Plants of the
genus Robinia:...
- tan to
golden yellow.
Honey locusts leaf out
relatively late in spring, but
generally slightly earlier than the
black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). The...
- The
Locust was an
American hardcore punk band from San Diego, California,
known for
their mix of
grindcore aggression and new wave experimentation. The...
- to
fight West Africa's
locusts Oct. 1, 2004
afrol News -
Stronger efforts to
fight West Africa's
locusts Lindsey, R. 2002.
Locust![2] Lomer, C.J.; Bateman...
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literary or
historical reference to
locusts is in the Book of
Exodus in the Bible, in
which God
sends a
plague of
locusts to the
pharaoh of
Egypt as retribution...
-
called "
locusts", this is a misnomer, as
cicadas belong to the
taxonomic order Hemiptera (true bugs),
suborder Auchenorrhyncha,
while locusts are gr****hoppers...
- most
damage are gr****hoppers and
locusts.
Locusts are
historically known for
wiping out
fields of
crops in a day.
Locusts have the
ability to eat up to their...
- the
locusts as possible),
smearing them with "hopperdozers", a type of plow
device pulled behind horses that had a
shield that
knocked jumping locusts into...
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compared the
armies of the
Hittites to
locusts: "They
covered the
mountains and
valleys and were like
locusts in
their multitude." One of Aesop's Fables...
