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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...
- The
Locust was an
American hardcore punk band from San Diego, California,
known for
their mix of
grindcore aggression and new wave experimentation. The...
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fight West Africa's
locusts Oct. 1, 2004
afrol News -
Stronger efforts to
fight West Africa's
locusts FAO
Locust Watch (Desert
Locust Information Service)...
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Kosher locusts are
varieties of
locust deemed permissible for
consumption under the laws of
kashrut (Jewish
dietary law).
While the
consumption of most...
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locust movement is
inhibited by
coniferous ranges is not known, the
locusts were
never observed to be able to
cross these regions. The
locusts spread...
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gregarious form,
decreases in
gregarious locusts when they are isolated, and
increases in
solitary locusts when they are crowded. Knock-down reduces...
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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historical reference to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...
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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...
- 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:...
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called "
locusts", this is a misnomer, as
cicadas belong to the
taxonomic order Hemiptera (true bugs),
suborder Auchenorrhyncha,
while locusts are gr****hoppers...
