| 单词 | locust |
| 例句 | Gerris cursed as the locusts closed around him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But still the locusts spread up into the air and on over the land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When the wailing finally stopped, we were wrapped in silence and the buzzing of locusts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He popped a locust into his mouth and crunched it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had stacks of homework I had forgotten and drawings of my grandmother’s face on big locust bug bodies all taped to the floors as if she’d been squashed by a truck. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All about them was a lazy humming of bees, broken by the sharp clatter of a locust. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Hizdahr had stocked their box with flagons of chilled wine and sweetwater, with figs, dates, melons, and pomegranates, with pecans and peppers and a big bowl of honeyed locusts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rebels crowd so thick over the shore that they resemble the locust. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The prince never saw the locust’s spear coming toward him until Gerris slammed into him, knocking him aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Could the little butterfly, asleep in our locust tree, drying his wings off on our rock in the morning, symbolize hope for Ben, too? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He drove the point of his sword under the brass mask and up through the wearer’s throat, even as the second locust sprouted a crossbow bolt from his chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He also teaches mathematics up to geometry, which he says he never learned because that year was locusts and he was needed on the farm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Whenever I stopped praying, the buzz of the locusts grew horrible in my ears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or locust. Not sure what American word. Some confusion about that.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Like locusts they came, hung poised, descended all around him on the heather. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A locust’s lazy rasping sawed the air from the nearby oak trees. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Going over to the post, I saw it was a large black locust put there many years ago to hang the gate. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The day of the locust was at hand, but from the ashes of humanity there arose no Phoenix. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Funny how my disdain for this place once left me wishing that God Almighty would plague it with locusts and leaking breast implants. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A slower poison than the locusts, but in the end as deadly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She fried the locusts to a deep brown colour, salted them heavily and then served them with the pap. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen the plague of locusts at the movies, the sky filled with hordes of insects looking like kamikaze planes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled rich with dampness and earth, and whenever the engine slowed, I could hear the steady drone of locusts everywhere. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Strong Belwas lingered at the door of death in the temple, under the care of the Blue Graces ... though Selmy half suspected they were finishing the job those honeyed locusts had begun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Easier to find were the dikonko, edible locusts and crickets, whose plump abdomens were shrunk translucent like balloons half-filled with water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were stranded without food and ate locust to survive. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Granddaddy trapped Harry and Miss Goodacre in a corner and gave them a detailed explanation of the difference between the male and female Deinacrida, or giant locust. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At the time, Papa made and drank locust beer, and Mama made scuppernong and blackberry wines for church communion. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the perfect absence of any human sound, the locusts in the leaves above us roared in my ears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You urged the queen to try the locusts. I heard you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He also learned to use the stems of foxtail grass to spear grasshoppers, longheaded locusts, and dragonflies, which he roasted over a fire in late summer and autumn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In fact, they welcomed the mayhem that emanated from the talking box as if it were a plague of locusts at harvest time. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Grasshoppers crackled, a locust buzzed, a woodpecker blammed against a faraway hollow tree. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a plague of locusts, a swarm of drones is flying toward us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mom and Lori admired the wide-planked floorboards, the big fireplaces, and the ceiling beams made from locust posts, with gouge marks from the ax that had felled them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After she went to the kitchen, Grandpa winked at Mr. McAllister and said, “Sorry I ain’t got no locust beer to offer you. My son-in-law, he makes it by the barrelful. Ever had locust beer?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z After while, the locusts in the trees start humming, the shade get cooler and I feel my eyes, trained on the kids in the pool, start to sag. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Gerris Drinkwater was standing over them with sword in hand, but he had dropped the blade the moment the locusts had appeared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They broke their fast with warm soft flatbread, pink fish roe, honey sausage, and fried locusts, washed down with a bittersweet black ale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And he could still hear Hizdahr, urging his queen to try the honeyed locusts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he opened my door, reporters and photographers descended on me like locusts. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then Wang Lung forgot his son, for the harvests, except what the locusts had consumed, were fair enough and by now he had gained once more what he had spent on the woman Lotus. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t think there’s any farm without something wrong with it. Out in the Middle West it’s locusts, someplace else it’s tornadoes. What’s a few stones?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled faintly of creosote and the yellow sweetness of locust flowers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was your pit, your box, your seats. Sweet wine and soft cushions, figs and melons and honeyed locusts. You provided all. You urged Her Grace to try the locusts but newer tasted one yourself.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Maybe it was an interesting story if someone else told it, Hannah thought, but Grandpa Will had a voice that buzzed like the plague of locusts, and he made sour lessons at every pause. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I adamantly refused to eat the locusts, calling them filth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The rockets came like locusts, swarming and settling in blooms of rosy smoke. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If the rains failed or clouds of locusts arrived or if a fungus infected that staple species, peasants died by the thousands and millions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He could smell her before he could even see her; the perfume smelled like the ivory locust blossoms that hung down from the trees in the spring. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Like the empty shells of locusts left on tree trunks, they were no longer needed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Wheat was attacked by rabbits and locust swarms, so the farmers built fences and stood guard over the fields. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then sweeping out of the northwest like a swarm of locusts there came one day in early summer a horde of men. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z A farm girl who survived the brutal wagon march west from Nauvoo resists an arranged “celestial marriage” to an aging Mormon bishop — until a plague of locusts descends on their valley. Divining darkness at the western edge 2013-04-10T18:13:54Z At one of Mbaye's dinners, he started his meal with a creamy, earthy Black-eyed pea soup with locust bean, crab, and a drizzle of palm oil. A New Orleans chef finds a place for fusion in the Black diaspora’s cuisine 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z While cicadas are a sustainable food, Mr. Lai is also interested in focusing on invasive insect species, like locusts. The Cicadas Are Here. For the Chef Bun Lai, They’re on the Menu. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z In that film, they were compared to locusts, traveling from planet to planet, stripping them of their valuables while killing their inhabitants. We are the empire: Military interventions, “Star Wars” and how we’re the real aliens 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Stavros rambles about the 10 plagues, blood and locusts, flies and boils, “and the last one is the death of the firstborn,” meaning his son, Dmitri. 'Fargo' Recap: Baring Teeth 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z In the woods, Cogle clambers over fallen trunks of locust trees covered in moss and darts through the underbrush. Virginia laws used to force raccoon hunters to take Sunday off. Not anymore. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Japanese arborists taught the university’s tree crew to erect T-shaped supports from rot-resistant locust logs, lashed to the branches with artfully wrapped rope. Old trees thank you for your support 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z “On January 8, Abdou Mahamane was Driving through Niamey...” is set in Niger and describes that country’s great influxes of crickets and locusts. Books of The Times: The Weird, Wide World of Bugs in Hugh Raffles?s ?Insectopedia? 2010-03-24T23:08:00Z Happily I am spared the rest, which include the headstand, scorpion, locust, cobra, crow and peacock. My first adventure in yoga: less cobra, more corpse 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z The violence in the film is fast and bloody, and full of haunting images, such as exhumed bodies, and ominous symbols of birds, locusts, and jaguars, as well as folks hellbent on revenge. Six new films that could be Oscar contenders for Best Foreign Language Film 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Urchek, 30 and bearded, wore a hiking hat flourished with a turkey feather and a honey locust thorn, with a canvas bag slung over his right hip. After the deluge, a mushroom hunt in the urban forest 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Posts are best cut from rot-resistant wood such as black locust or cedar, pointed at the base with a hatchet. Need a fence? Start weaving. 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z For about an hour I explored the dungeon, hurling lightning bolts, summoning zombies and unleashing swarms of locusts to decimate the waves of bloodthirsty foes standing between me and the next treasure chest. Critic?s Notebook: Dungeons and Zombies, Sure, but Here the Trade?s the Thing 2011-04-26T18:42:01Z Erecting sturdy posts, especially from cedar or black locust, adds beauty to a garden and gets plants off the ground, where, as Jefferson knew, they were more subject to insects and disease. In the Garden: Jefferson?s Vegetable Garden Still Grows at Monticello 2010-07-01T13:37:00Z On the menu: salt & vinegar crickets, plain roasted locusts, crispy BBQ mealworms and something called an "early bird breakfast pie", featuring six sausages, eight rashers of smoky bacon and "30g bamboo or buffalo worms". Grub's up: maggots and crickets on menu at Britain's first 'pestaurant' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z He built a rudimentary gymnastics apparatus from locust posts and steel bars, and at night he brooded over an acid-green concoction that he made by soaking herbs in a jar of vodka. A family farm’s Russian invasion What else did you see that maybe didn’t focus as much on locusts? ArtsBeat Blog: Darren Aronofsky Gets a Reality Check from the Margaret Mead Film Festival 2011-11-09T13:00:02Z “Right now, they’re just locusts descending,” said facilities manager Chad Alexander. ‘The Nutcracker’: Fairies and tulle onstage, total nuts backstage 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z I expected to find a dead body or two, or at least a plague of locusts, when I staggered up to the house. Letter: On the trail of Alan Sharp 2013-04-14T15:31:53Z But soon, they were writing each other daily: about whirling dervishes, 17-year locusts, puberty, Faust, quitting smoking, Paganini and Interview with a Vampire. Against all odds: the most incredible love story you'll read today 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Then there was a troop of baboons, some with babies hanging from their underbellies or riding piggyback, that took over the road like a swarm of locusts. Frugal Traveler: D.I.Y. Africa 2014-03-28T17:21:42Z They see, they sample, they consume fashion like locusts, they instinctually move on to whatever’s next. At Kenzo, Opening Ceremony Founders Define What?s Next 2011-10-02T03:49:39Z And though it never gets to "cue the locusts" territory, the plot twists required to hit certain biblical touchstones throw up a lot of dust. Lifetime's 'The Red Tent' kept standing by leading ladies 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z There are no hairpin turns, no pawpaws or black locust trees. Don't just laugh at "Hillbilly Elegy" — its damaging myths still need to be countered 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z After five minutes of conspicuous loitering while we wait for a fresh batch, the group descends upon the tray like a swarm of locusts as flabbergasted cooks peer through the window. T Magazine: The Paid Piper 2012-11-12T18:00:13Z Though Osage orange and black locust have traditionally been used for fence posts, they have what luthiers call a great “tap tone.” In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The show’s signal work is Laura Owens’ untitled nature video, playing on a loop, where a snail stares down a locust in a garden while a caterpillar cavorts nearby. At Park View gallery, a spellbinding trip into a world turned upside down 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z The Cessna thrashed down the runway, engines growling, vibrations tickling my bum through the seat until the plane leaped into the clear Florida sky like a giant tin locust. How I joined the Mile High Club: Naked, weightless, giggling uncontrollably 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Instead, there are mass starvation and displacement, flooding, plagues of locusts, and mental and physical disabilities. Little Sugarcoating in Cao Wenxuan’s Children’s Books 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught Topics: Cicadas, , , , I hadn’t begun to worry about the locusts until the end of winter. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z When she awakes, she discovers the locusts dining on her wound. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Her limbs did not shudder with exertion as she held the locust pose. Joe Dunthorne short story: The Shapes We Made 2012-12-23T00:06:34Z Maybe God is punishing the schemers in "Days of Heaven" by sending a plague of locusts and burning the wheat fields and contriving horribly violent deaths for two major characters. Your guide to Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" 2011-07-02T16:54:00Z County commissioners, who reportedly called the Burners “human locusts,” demanded to see plans. Rod Garrett, the Urban Planner Behind ?Burning Man? 2011-08-28T21:53:10Z The locust swarm of 1875, the largest in recorded history, affected a quarter of the contiguous United States. The Best Facts I Learned from Books in 2018 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Desperate to save her business and keep her family from imploding, she regularly lets the locusts use her arm as a feeding ground. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z “Weird job you have,” says Ben, looking in the biscuit cupboard, which is bare because they have been through it like locusts. Why I put 400 condoms in the kitchen drawer for my sons 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The park has a reflecting pool, diagonal walkways crisscrossing beneath oak, maple and locust trees, and bronze sculptures, like the 1832 allegory of the French Revolution, “Lion Crushing a Serpent,” by Antoine-Louis Barye. 36 Hours in Philadelphia 2013-01-03T19:28:42Z Being in a swarm of a billion locusts is a surreal experience – but not, as you might expect, a grotesque one. 'Hippos snapped my last boat in half': Planet Earth II's hairiest moments 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z This is an old black locust that lost its central leader in a storm but is otherwise a healthy-looking specimen. Considering trimming or getting rid of an old tree? Not so fast. 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The vista, seasonally shifting, is of an undulating meadow that rises to a ridge topped with a thicket of honey locust trees. Glenstone’s landcaping as mindful as its artwork 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The emergence of a localist movement in Hong Kong provides an alternative vision, too — but its proponents resort sometimes to nativist invective, with one of them comparing Chinese mainlanders coming to Hong Kong as “locusts.” A Deeply Personal Look at the Past, Present and Future of Hong Kong 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Here, you look across an upswept meadow to a knoll topped with a grove of honey locust trees. Perspective | Finding the flower bed in the firmament 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z They’re kind of like locusts, but with more scales, teeth and weird eye sockets in their shoulders. Review | ‘The Great Wall’ isn’t that great after all 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Creakingly he conferred his presence upon them — his mind like a rustling of locusts, his antique courtesies and his psychotic-futuristic worldview. Summer Reading 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z “The unaffiliated volunteers are like the plague of locusts,” Forrester says. Don’t be a ‘disaster gawker’: 6 travel tips on how to help after a catastrophe 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The locust sequence was the very first shoot of the entire series. 'Hippos snapped my last boat in half': Planet Earth II's hairiest moments 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The Bible's Old Testament conjured plagues of locusts, lice, boils, darkness and hail even before the Book of Revelation unleashed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' an apocalyptic tale as old as man's existence 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Maybe God is punishing the schemers in "Days of Heaven" by sending a plague of locusts and setting the fields on fire and contriving a dramatic, horrible death for two major characters. Your guide to Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" 2011-07-02T16:54:00Z Historically one of the nation’s best and most storied newspapers, the Times has been besieged in recent years by owners and managers who would make a plague of locusts look like a litter of labradoodles. Perspective | Here are the best and worst things that happened to journalism in 2018 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Though Osage orange and Black locust have traditionally been used for fence posts, they have what luthiers call a great “tap tone.” In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z I was playing soccer and someone had stepped on this locust. Devendra Banhart: 'I love almost every Britpop band' 2013-03-21T22:37:54Z You may remember the horrifying line from "On the Banks of Plum Creek," where Laura describes a horde of locusts: "The cloud was hailing grasshoppers. The cloud was grasshoppers." Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z They uttered a continuous murmur — like locusts on a midsummer night. 2010-01-20T05:19:00Z As I opened a few boxes, I found crickets everywhere — at least they weren’t locusts — and noticed that several older volumes without dust jackets were starting to feel sticky — a bad sign. Perspective | When book storage is limited, people get desperate. Don’t make the mistakes I did. 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Four horsemen are straining at the bit, there’re some winds that are very restless, and there are a lot of locusts that are getting under everyone’s feet. Books of The Times: ?The Land of Decoration? by Grace McCleen 2012-03-21T22:17:22Z They work their way through their provisions like locusts, until the house is littered in a confetti of wrappers. ‘We’re never going to bed’: children rewrite the house rules 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Collinson’s marginal notes record new elm groves established and battles with locust and grasshopper infestations. A Naturalist’s Notes on London; Bettie Page Photos 2012-08-10T04:47:10Z They descended upon the fruit like locusts, the sound of their secateurs as sharp as snapping jaws. Harvesting Grapes in France, With Champagne as Reward 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Who helps you in a capitalist society when the locusts eat your crops, or fire destroys your homestead, or the bank calls in your loan? The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z There are too many locusts in their lives. A Q&A with Bill Cosby, all-American dad 2010-06-16T23:28:00Z They added benches and honey locust trees, which are thin and transparent, and carved a diagonal path between Broadway and the World Trade Center through the heart of the park. Take a Virtual Tour of the Financial District and the Battery 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s incredibly beautiful and it’s all about locusts and people who are battling locusts. ArtsBeat Blog: Darren Aronofsky Gets a Reality Check from the Margaret Mead Film Festival 2011-11-09T13:00:02Z Marvel at opening image of 97 locusts being strapped down to watch Star Wars while scientists record their brainwaves. Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z There's the God of Moses and his successors, pockets full of locusts, boils and thunderbolts, just itching to strike down blasphemers, including those who touch the ark of the covenant to stop it from falling. The religious right vs Comedy Central 2010-06-09T14:00:00Z Two suspended arrangements of feathers evoke church vaults, but also swarming birds or locusts. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Participants can also turn brown paper bags into hand puppets evoking other scourges, like frogs and locusts. Spare Times for Children for March 27-April 2 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z There are thornless honey locusts, willowleaf spicebush, purple love grass and lilacs. 3 Lush Parks Drastically Remake the East River Waterfront 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z I’d have to see the locusts and the planes going down. What Would the Cast of ‘Knock at the Cabin’ Do? 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z They are prehistoric monsters muscling their way through the earth: fat-bellied locusts with hot coals for eyes. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z With a guitar set on the "locust invasion" setting. this is a good, old-fashioned pummeling. Pitchfork Festival Day 2: 2013-07-20T23:51:00Z And Ken and Mo, who much preferred “our” black locust set — horizontally — for dinner and drinks. A new table, a new life for food writer Nancy Leson 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z Fisher described it, that pushes explorers “beyond their known horizons, to subsist or not on locusts and baked phoenix-eggs.” Can Food Tours Stray From the Beaten Path Without Ruining the Experience? 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The locusts became real to me one evening as a friend and I walked my dog Tova, our boots treading on the hard-frosted ground. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z The honey owes much of its flavor profile to the horse-chestnut, black locust and linden trees. The Murder Hornet Hunters of Paris 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z From the cosy living room atmosphere to the patio shaded by honey locust trees, laid-back Vine Street is the epitome of Colorado. Top 10 craft beer bars in Denver 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Naturalist John Muir described sheep as “hoofed locusts” for their ability to strip the landscape. Volunteers wanted: Must love Santa Barbara's great outdoors. And sheep 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The south side gets diffused sun shade by honey locust trees. How to remove — and prevent — algae, mold and mildew 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z In reality, they are locusts swarming a field until nothing is left. Kevin McCarthy's embarrassing lesson: MAGA torches everything it touches — and will destroy itself 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Twisty Baby’ is a small locust tree with crooked stems and beguiling curly leaves. Garden on the dark side with these plants that add a moody new dimension 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z But for every offhand, on-the-street reference to a Biblical-style plague, be it a swarm of locusts or gnats or hail and thunder, there is a scientist. First the Smoke. Then the Bugs. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Ethiopians are already reeling from the combined impact of civil conflicts, climate change and swarms of locusts that devoured crops. U.S. Suspends Food Aid for Ethiopia, Citing Widespread Theft 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z In some areas, floods and locust swarms destroyed crops. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z There’s also been issues with recipients failing to make payments, especially as the island deals with locust outbreaks diminishing crops and livelihoods of villagers. Off-grid solar brings light, time and income to remotest villages 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Thousands of people in the affected provinces have been working to eradicate the locusts before their adult stage, when they swarm and fly to farmland, significantly damaging the crops. UN food agency says widespread locust infestation in Afghan provinces is ‘huge concern’ 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z They tore through cornfields like earthbound locusts, making the stalks pulsate as if buffeted by a strong wind. Perspective | Massive waves of squirrels once roamed America. No one knows why. 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Below-average rain, locusts and internal conflict have decimated the agricultural sector. U.S. Suspends Food Aid for Ethiopia, Citing Widespread Theft 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The EU already allowed migratory locusts and flour beetle larvae as a food additive, dpa reported. German ice cream parlor offers cricket-flavored scoops 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Sometimes referred to as "feathered locusts", queleas are considered as pests across East and Southern Africa. Kenyan rice farmers battle quelea birds in Kisumu 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Fears of overpopulation — the idea that there might be so many humans that we start competing for every scrap of food like a swarm of locusts — have existed since the late 18th century. The population has reached 8 billion — but experts aren't worried about overpopulation. Here's why 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “Swarms of insects are everywhere — you can see it in mosquitoes, you can see it in bees, you can see it in locusts and birds,” he said. There’s Lightning Brewing in Every Swarm of Insects 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z By using other electrical charge data on insects, the researchers were able to estimate how a giant swarm of desert locusts, for example, would compare. Insect swarms create so much electricity that they may influence weather, study finds 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “Our forefathers chose materials that were naturally rot-resistant, like black locust and red cedar and cypress,” said Shackelford, who owns a historic restoration business. Historic homes may prove to be more resilient against floods 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z A selection of trees, including honey locust, English oak and hornbeam, will now be planted along South Quay. Great Yarmouth: Authority bans planting of 'hazardous' fruit trees 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Fears of overpopulation — the idea that there might be so many humans that we start competing for every scrap of food like a swarm of locusts — have existed since the late 18th century. The population has reached 8 billion — but experts aren't worried about overpopulation. Here's why 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Then, the researchers extrapolated their findings to the charges of individual desert locusts and the density of the massive swarms the insects are famous for. There’s Lightning Brewing in Every Swarm of Insects 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Some of these insect armies contain "tens of billions of flying bugs," according to NPR, "with 40 million to 80 million locusts packed in half a square mile." Insect swarms create so much electricity that they may influence weather, study finds 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The black locust tree can take in atmospheric nitrogen and convert it to a type more accessible to plants. At Old Coal Mines, the American Chestnut Tries for a Comeback 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z But conservatives such as Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, say the agency will hire 87,000 new auditors to “descend like locusts” on taxpayers. Yellen says new IRS employees will help ensure tax ‘fairness’ 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z He’s brought back the picarañama, a large locust, and a grass bug that tastes “between cilantro and mint.” Are grasshoppers as delicious as ham? Mexico's insect hunters would like you to find out 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z He is excited about passing on his passion for technology to the young students - and about his ideas that can help tackle issues in rural areas like locust infestations. Kenya's tech hub: Meeting the DIY coders and gurus of the future 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Still not quite as electrically charged as desert locusts, but enough to be "associated with fair-weather clouds," the authors report. Insect swarms create so much electricity that they may influence weather, study finds 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z He also has nefarious plans to control the world’s food supply using mutant locusts as well as harness the DNA of a human to control disease. ‘Jurassic World Dominion: Extended Edition’ 4K Ultra HD movie review 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Figure 23.1 A locust leaf consists of leaflets arrayed along a central midrib. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Tales of swarms of locusts were commonplace, and the crop-eating insects would at times cover the ground six to twelve inches deep. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The hard-rubber orbs hit the ground and rose in unison, like a swarm of locusts, before ping-ponging off in every direction on their second bounce. Superballs, helmet cars and ugly sweaters: Peyton Manning brings out NFL's goofy side 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Tolu, 40, and other farmers working the central areas of the Italian island of Sardinia have seen swarms of billions of locusts ravage their land in the worst such invasion for more than three decades. Sardinian farmers suffer worst locust invasion in over 30 years 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z There are the familiar culprits: a dearth of rainfall made worse by climate change; conflict; disease; the coronavirus pandemic; and even locust infestations. Africa’s desperate hunger: Ukraine war pushes Somalia toward famine In a compound leaf, the leaf blade is completely divided, forming leaflets, as in the locust tree. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Examples include gellan gum, locust bean gum, soy lecithin and, in the case of oat milk, vegetable oil. How to choose the right nondairy milk for your recipes 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z In February 2012 a mysterious advertisement appeared in a popular tabloid, showing a massive locust menacing Hong Kong. China and Hong Kong: The highs and lows since handover 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Tolu said that many of her colleagues "might have to shut down their businesses" as the plague of locusts adds to the impact of drought and rising fuel costs on farmers. Sardinian farmers suffer worst locust invasion in over 30 years 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The Horn of Africa has seen other climate-linked disasters in recent years - damaging floods, a record number of cyclones and vast locust swarms - leaving the region staggering from one crisis to the next, he said. A Somali boy's mission to find food as climate change takes its toll 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Colin Trevorrow, who stewarded the “World” trilogy and directed the first film, returned to direct “Dominion,” in which dinosaurs are no longer contained and locusts are threatening the world’s food supply. With ‘Jurassic World 3,’ dinosaurs rule again at box office 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Extreme weather events, some linked to climate change, have devastated communities, too, bringing flash floods, cyclones, rising temperatures, a locust infestation that destroyed crops, and, now, four consecutive failed rainy seasons. ‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z And if all that weren’t enough, a plague of genetically modified giant locusts has descended on farms and fields, threatening to wipe out most of the world’s food supply. Review: Overlong franchise finale ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ falls short of veloci-rapture 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Zaru said that anyone who had opted to farm grassland this year to boost milk production had lost the whole of their initial investment because of the locusts. Sardinian farmers suffer worst locust invasion in over 30 years 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “President Biden whines to aides that ‘everything landed on his desk but locusts,’ and ‘if it’s not one thing, it’s another.’ New Jersey host decries focus on grocery-bag ‘nonsense’ 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “I joked with our staff last night, maybe tomorrow the locusts will set in?” said Nick Langworthy, the state Republican Party chairman. 4 Summer Election Days? New York Faces Chaos in Voting Cycle. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z He now uses Moses’ plagues to wipe out the nine doctors using bats, bees, rats, locusts and even a frog mask to smother a victim. Blu-ray and 4K movie reviews: ‘Dr. Phibes Double Feature’ and ‘Scream’ 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z And because it’s about us — well, us and the genetically modified giant locusts — the dinosaurs themselves fade even further into insignificance. Review: Overlong franchise finale ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ falls short of veloci-rapture 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z There was no such discord in the closing ceremony, which had fans waving plastic clappers, making a sound that approximated either rain or a swarm of locusts. Despite containing the coronavirus, Beijing Games could never escape other problems 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z London planetrees predominate, as do honey locusts, pin oaks, Norway maples and Callery pears, the latter known for their clusters of white flowers. A Million More Trees for New York City: Leaders Want a Greener Canopy 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The leaders will also discuss climate change here, which is aggravating floods, droughts, hot weather and locust invasions, threatening food supplies and driving up hunger and migration. Coups, COVID and climate test African leaders at summit 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z I grab a coffee and sit by myself under the locust trees with my tarot cards. How the Founder of Subway Book Review Spends Her Sundays 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Ethiopia’s already high humanitarian needs are expected to rise in the coming year due to the ongoing conflict, drought, flooding, disease outbreaks and locust infestation, the U.N. U.N. says 22 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2022 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Fighting ruined harvests in rich agricultural regions, including a swathe of disputed territory claimed by Tigray and neighbouring Amhara, while drought and locust invasions also hit crops. A year of war in Ethiopia batters investors and citizens 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Farmers struggled with drought, and in some cases with locust plagues. From heatwaves to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2021 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z One of his favorite trees on his property is a twisty, soaring locust. Meet an Ecologist Who Works for God (and Against Lawns) 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Somalia, in the Horn of Africa, has also been hit by a widespread infestation of desert locusts and the continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Explosion Outside School Kills 8 in Somalia’s Capital 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Banneker enjoyed studying, playing with, and observing all types of insects and bugs, particularly the bees and locusts. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z "We are watching farms collapse and livelihoods lost due to floods, droughts and swarms of locusts," she said - all of which scientists say are being exacerbated by climate change. Thousands rally in rainy Glasgow for COP26 climate action 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z February — Kenya and other parts of East Africa battled some of the worst locust plagues in decades, with the insects destroying crops and grazing grounds. From heatwaves to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2021 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Cyclones have torn through the south; desert locusts have endangered the food supply in the east; the Nile River’s water supply is unsteady. Young climate activists warn their elders: Stop destroying the planet 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “Two degrees more, and we jeopardize the food supply for hundreds of millions of people, crops wither, locusts swarm,” he said. As major U.N. climate talks open, pleas for action to back up big promises 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z One “locust” type was not truly a locust at all, but the mysterious and magic cicada. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z They marched him to a locust tree in the courthouse yard and were about to hang him. A White mob dragged a Black man from a Maryland jail in 1887. Now a memorial will mark the lynching. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Even before the war, parts of Tigray faced an invasion of desert locusts. ‘God have mercy’: Tigray residents describe life under siege 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The government blames the food crisis on a locust infestation last year and points out that a million people needed aid before the war began. Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia's Tigray region is starving, but no famine declared 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z “If an arachnophobic person had their dreams come true, insects would become out of control, would go through boom and bust cycles like locusts and pretty soon, most land vertebrates would be extinct.” Sorry, Seattle area arachnophobes: spiders aren’t really coming inside for fall. They’ve been there all along! 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z They are instead made from an edible, jumping insect - locusts, which are a type of grasshopper. The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Woodward said the increasing tensions have implications for the electoral process and could lead to a constitutional crisis on top of the country’s other challenges from Al-Shabab extremists to famine, locusts and hunger. UN holds emergency session on Somalia’s political crisis 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Sea levels were the highest on record; fires ravaged the American West; and locusts swarmed across East Africa. Many measures of Earth’s health are at worst levels on record, NOAA finds 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Mysterious sources of methane sent atmospheric concentrations of the gas spiking to unprecedented highs; sea levels were the highest on record; fires ravaged the American West; and locusts swarmed across East Africa. Many measures of Earth’s health are at worst levels on record, NOAA finds 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z It ended like a real-life biblical apocalypse, complete with floods, pestilence, locusts, and the worst drought in modern California history. Column: Apocalypse, cow — our growing drought and the great L.A. cattle escape 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z "I learned about the 1950s, when Israel suffered from both food insecurity as well as locust swarms flying in from Africa and destroying the crops," he says. The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The country’s south is suffering from its worst drought conditions recorded since 1981, as well as other problems such as cyclones, dust storms and even those locusts. Analysis | Madagascar is headed toward a climate change-linked famine it did not create 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Nearly half a million people in Madagascar are at risk of starvation as the country grapples with dust storms, locusts and its worst drought in decades. Climate change has gotten deadly. It will get worse. 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z “Despite the ongoing pandemic, locust invasion and other challenges, the government is pushing through the home-grown economic reforms,” he said. Ethiopia's economic reform drive splutters for foreign investors 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Hunger is a perennial threat in Tigray, a heavily agricultural region prone to drought and locust plagues. EXCLUSIVE UN official accuses Eritrean forces of deliberately starving Tigray 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z His firm farms its locusts at an indoor, solar-powered facility in northern Israel. The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z There are increasing dust storms — known as tiomena to the locals — and locust swarms, once a rare occurrence, are now regularly devastating crops. Analysis | Madagascar is headed toward a climate change-linked famine it did not create 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z There's no drought, and last year's locust swarms have gone. Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Tragedy of the man-made famine 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z In 1843, Gideon Smith, a medical doctor and silkworm cultivator in Baltimore, convinced newspapers to publish his appeals to readers to report emergences of cicadas, which were called locusts at the time. To study swarming cicadas, it takes a crowd of citizen scientists 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Obviously, a different species than a locust, which has short, crooked legs, and forms terrifying swarms that can darken the sky and aggressively devour an entire region's crops. It’s time to consign the “selfish gene” to the history books 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The main species that it breeds is the migratory locust, but it also farms the desert locust, and a bush cricket called nsenene. The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z For example, witness the dramatic behavioral shifts in locusts when subjected to crowded conditions. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Smith did this in the best way he knew: by writing to newspapers around the country and asking them to print his request that sightings of cicadas — he called them locusts — be sent his way. Perspective | A Maryland doctor was the first to map all the different cicada broods that pop up 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Riley spent a lot of time telling people that cicadas were not locusts. Perspective | Who’s all in favor of eating cicadas? The scientists who study them. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z In fact, it turns out that grasshoppers and locusts have exactly the same DNA. It’s time to consign the “selfish gene” to the history books 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z "We can breed 400 million locusts a year in our facilities," says Mr Tamir, who adds that the insect takes just 29 days to become fully grown. The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z During the dry season, locusts lead isolated relatively antisocial lives, shying away from contact with others and living off a limited plant diet. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z But after realizing locusts also were referred to as cicadas, they decided to delve into Banneker’s journal, which contained his observations and documentation of the cicadas’ life over many years. Polymath Benjamin Banneker’s early scientific studies of cicadas 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Of course, he ate those, too: Rocky Mountain locusts, which in the 1870s devastated the Midwest. Perspective | Who’s all in favor of eating cicadas? The scientists who study them. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Just like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, when a certain kind of grasshopper senses its environment changing, either from food scarcity or overcrowding, it can transform itself within hours to a manically aggressive locust. It’s time to consign the “selfish gene” to the history books 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr Tamir is also keen to point out that locusts are both kosher and halal, meaning that they can be eaten by both dietary observant Jews and Muslims. The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z When the rain stops and the vegetation dries up, the increased number of locusts crowd together in areas of remaining vegetation. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z State GOP chair Allen West greeted news of the state’s census count last month by comparing incoming Democratic voters to “locusts, bent upon destruction.” Texas’s population boom should be a boon to Democrats. But Republicans are reaping the gains. 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z State GOP Chair Allen West greeted news of the state’s census count last month by comparing incoming Democratic voters to “locusts, bent upon destruction.” Texas’s population boom could be a boon to Democrats. But Republicans are reaping the gains. 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Later on, when the environment improves, its cells will switch their DNA settings and the locust will magically transform back into a quiet grasshopper. It’s time to consign the “selfish gene” to the history books 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z In the European Union, both the migratory locust and yellow mealworms, the larva of a beetle, were deemed fit for human consumption this year. The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Their leg muscles enlarge, and they begin marching movements in time with the other locusts. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z To early European settlers in North America, the sudden appearance of these insects in large numbers brought to mind the locusts of biblical infamy. Brood X Cicadas Are Emerging at Last 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Seeing millions of cicadas flying around their communities, the settlers jumped to the conclusion that these “singular flies” were locusts, as one Philadelphia reverend documented in a 1715 diary entry. Perspective | Five myths about Brood X cicadas 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z But when Europeans first arrived in America, some started calling them locusts and even grasshoppers. EXPLAINER: What are cicadas and why do they bug some people? 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z They aren’t locusts and the only plants they damage are young trees, which can be netted. Nature at its craziest: Trillions of cicadas about to emerge 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Within hours the locusts are transformed from solitary plant eaters to synchronized, swarming cannibalistic devourers of their brethren. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z But whereas locusts are grasshoppers that form giant swarms and travel long distances, devouring crops on a devastating scale, cicadas belong to an entirely different order of insects. Brood X Cicadas Are Emerging at Last 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Unlike locusts, periodical cicadas do not feed on crops, and they do not migrate. Perspective | Five myths about Brood X cicadas 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The UN Security Council said on Friday that the political deadlock was diverting attention from serious problems, including the coronavirus pandemic, a locust invasion and an Islamist militancy. Somali president in poll U-turn to stop Mogadishu clashes 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Rounds of black locust, a naturally rot-resistant wood, sunk into pebbles, for instance. Add beauty, function to your garden with a path 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Though we cannot know what if anything a locust experiences consciously, imagine what it might be thinking if it had a mind capable of self-reflection. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The UN Security Council said on Friday that the political deadlock was diverting attention from serious problems including the pandemic, a locust invasion and Islamist militancy. Somalia violence: Rival units fight amid row over president's term 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The name stuck long after scholars determined that cicadas and locusts are unrelated. What is Brood X? When do cicadas come out in 2021? Answering your buggiest questions. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z He scatters the snow-flakes like birds alighting; they settle like a swarm of locusts. Order of Service for the funeral of Prince Philip 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z In 2018, two major cyclones dumped rain in a remote area of Saudi Arabia, leading to an 8,000-fold increase in desert locust numbers. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization says the locust swarms have been spotted in the Rift Valley - which produces Kenya’s staple foods of maize, wheat and potatoes. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Desert locusts pose an unprecedented risk to agriculture-based livelihoods and food security in the already fragile Horn of Africa region amid economic crises, drought and conflict, FAO says. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The only part of the show that isn’t scripted are band interviews, though the question what type of plague would the band want to play through, frogs, locusts or fishflies, is. Man behind ‘Fake radio station’ show plans more projects 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z And cicadas shouldn’t be a cause for concern, even though some might confuse them for a plague of locusts, Sitvarin said. Researchers who tracked cicadas 17 years ago wait for return 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Collecting dependable, detailed data about locusts was the first crucial step. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The conflict erupted on the brink of harvest, and after months of a locust outbreak. ‘People are starving’: New exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray area 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The vehicles brake when the soldiers see the enemy: billions of invading desert locusts that have landed in a twitching swarm where a forested area meets farmland. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z In 2020, East Africa experienced the worst locust swarms in 70 years. When locust swarms are treated as a chance for profit 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z In central Kenya’s Laikipia, clouds of locusts are devouring crops and other vegetation. Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z “Saying ‘Oh, there’s locusts in northern Kenya’ doesn’t help at all,” Mr. Cressman said. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The Tigray conflict began at a vulnerable time, just before the harvest and after months of a regional locust outbreak. UN says malnutrition ‘very critical’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization says the locust swarms have been spotted in the Rift Valley — which produces Kenya’s staple foods of maize, wheat and potatoes. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z It's training, and paying, affected communities to catch the locusts, which are then turned into animal feed and fertiliser. When locust swarms are treated as a chance for profit 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Between Feb. 1-18, the project oversaw the harvest of 1.3 tons of locusts, according to Stanford, who said she was inspired by a project in Pakistan, overseen by the state-run Pakistan Agricultural Research Council. Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z The app presents photos of locusts at different stages of their life cycles, which helps users diagnose what they see in the field. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Somalia is facing a host of other crises, including the coronavirus pandemic, swarms of desert locusts that are destroying crops, and the displacement of tens of thousands of people by seasonal floods late last year. Militants Storm Hotel in Somali Capital and Blasts Rock Area 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Last year, authorities managed to contain what was seen as the biggest locust infestation in Kenya in 70 years, largely through coordinated aerial spraying which covered vast territories quickly. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z America was built of white oak, locust cedar and chestnut and grew out of the design of New York’s swift and hardy pilot boats. Past and future converge in America’s Cup challenger series 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The locusts are collected at night by torchlight when they are resting on shrubs and trees. Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z But now, countries are better able to combat them — equipped with the new technology, 28 aircraft and thousands of trained government locust trackers. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The war erupted just as villagers were preparing to harvest their crops, in a region already grappling with swarms of locusts and recurring drought. Refugees Come Under Fire as Old Foes Fight in Concert in Ethiopia 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z A typical desert locust swarm can contain up to 150 million locusts per square kilometer, according to the East African regional body, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Africa was also on the receiving end of extreme events, with massive locust swarms ruining crops and vegetation to the tune of $8.5bn. Climate change: Extreme weather causes huge losses in 2020 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Somalia was also one of the countries in the region worst affected by the desert locust upsurge this year. East Africa fears second wave - of locust swarms 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Dr. Hughes is now working with experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to use locust reports to build models that will predict future plagues. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Just a week earlier, we were helping farmers to harvest their crops and to fight a locust invasion. Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How a soldier survived an 11-hour gun battle 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Poor rains might lessen the locust threat but will almost certainly mean a poor harvest. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z All that was missing were locusts swarming the sky. Perspective | In the Georgia runoff, just showing up for the debate was apparently the hardest part 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z The region is dealing with its biggest locust outbreak in over a decade. Besieged by locusts, South Africa's farmers fight back 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “We should use this lesson as a way not just to be adapted to the next locust crisis, but to climate change, generally.” As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z He was re-elected in 2004, a first in Niger, but drew sharp criticism from opponents the following year over his handling of a hunger crisis caused by drought and a plague of locusts. Niger ex-President Tandja, toppled after extending rule, dies at 82 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The young locusts arrive in waves from breeding grounds in Somalia, where insecurity hampers the response. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z A security crisis as the locust invasion takes place puts the wider region at risk. How war threatens Ethiopia's struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The UN adds that the threat "of uncontrolled diseases and desert locust infestation" reaching other parts of Ethiopia and neighbouring countries "is high". Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How the conflict could destabilise its neighbours 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z The locust plague that hit East Africa in 2020 was two years in the making. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Tragedy has happened — the pandemic, and four years of the nation’s life that the locusts of curdled politics have eaten. Opinion | America is battered, but a somewhat happy ending is in sight 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z It’s the beginning of the planting season in Kenya, but the delayed rains have brought a small amount of optimism in the fight against the locusts, though farmers still worry about their crops. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Young men and some women, who stepped up to confront the locusts last month, are now being mobilised for war. How war threatens Ethiopia's struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The locust invasion is Ethiopia’s worst in 25 years, United Nations food agency FAO says. Swelled by rain and COVID curbs, locust swarms ravage Ethiopia 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Last year, she recruited and trained locust trackers in four hard-hit Kenyan regions. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The region is more precarious than ever — destabilized by COVID-19 and the worst devastation from locusts in half a century. Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya face devastating drought 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The deployment of soldiers among the usual agriculture officials is a testament to the seriousness of the threat as East Africa’s locust outbreak continues well into a second year. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Ethiopia’s campaign against the locusts is low-tech but labour intensive and, in Tigray especially, fairly well organised. How war threatens Ethiopia's struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z “The white men are like the locusts,” he said. Opinion | Abraham Lincoln didn’t deserve Portland’s wrath 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Countries next needed to act on the data in a systematic way to quash locusts. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z It also is contending with the coronavirus pandemic, swarms of locusts that are destroying crops and floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Feared Shabab Exploit Somali Banking and Invest in Real Estate, U.N. Says 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z A kilogram of locusts fetches money from a non-governmental organization that wants to turn the insects into livestock food. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z On 10 November a team of specialist locust fighters from Israel arrived to boost operations with the use of new technologies including surveillance drones. How war threatens Ethiopia's struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z He said that was because of wars in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere, locust swarms in Africa, frequent natural disasters, and economic crises including in Lebanon, Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia. WFP chief seeks million from donors, billionaires for food 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Engineers at Vulcan agreed to customize a version of EarthRanger for locusts, integrating data from the eLocust programs and the computer loggers on aerial pesticide sprayers. As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Not entirely, but it’s no plague of locusts, either. Review: Two buddies' get-rich scheme is 'Faith Based' 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z But Nyatich with the FAO warned against using locusts for food because they could have been sprayed with insecticide. Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z He and his wife echoed others in the area when they recalled the last great locust invasion in living memory: the plague of 1958-59, during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. How war threatens Ethiopia's struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z In addition to the coronavirus pandemic, many nations in Africa are reeling from the worst locust plague in 50 years, and a terrible drought is predicted to occur in East Africa. COVID-19 vaccines: how to ensure Africa has access 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The fact that some of these consequences – including wildfires, cyclones, and even a plague of locusts in Africa – have dramatically appeared in the same year as Covid-19 would seem to reinforce the message. Covid-19 and the climate crisis are part of the same battle | Jeffrey Frankel 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Kamande then let loose a diatribe of the calamities that have befallen Kenya in recent times: floods, locust plagues, terrorism. Kenya’s small-town singers hope coronavirus-inspired lyrics make for smash hits 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z “I’m fully expecting a plague of locusts to descend and maybe 40 days of night,” Aguirre said. Wildfires taint West Coast vineyards with taste of smoke 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z At least the locusts, for the moment, have not migrated here from East Africa. Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The team at three institutions in Kenya, working with the FAO, combined more than 9,000 locust records from Mauritania, Morocco and Saudi Arabia with information on rainfall, temperature and soil and sand moisture. Why locusts congregate in billion-strong swarms — and how to stop them 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The only effective weapon for fighting such locust plagues is the aerial spraying of pesticides, but the swarms are fast-moving and unpredictable, and spraying devastates beneficial insects. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Here was a man gripped suddenly with visions of collapse and disaster: planes falling from the skies, locusts across the sun, a tidal wave over the main stand. Mikel Arteta has smoothed Arsenal's knots – driving them on starts here | Barney Ronay 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Jumblatt paused, then responded: “We’re at the end of world war one, a time of looming famine and dreadful Spanish flu. We were buying grain from Syria, and locusts were plaguing the land.” 'I can see the despair on their faces': Lebanon's economy unravels 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Towering black locust, buckthorn, Japanese hedge parsley, honeysuckle, garlic mustard and dame’s rocket have all played a role in the congestion. A return to the past with oak savannas in Dane County parks 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z In this issue of Nature, Xiaojiao Guo and her colleagues report one answer: they identify a sweet-smelling pheromone produced by the migratory locust Locusta migratoria, a different species that also forms swarms. Why locusts congregate in billion-strong swarms — and how to stop them 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Guo and colleagues tested each compound for its ability to entice locusts. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z At the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, the cafe serves locust kebabs; chefs are working on turning the insects into appetizing dishes, or into animal feed. Daily briefing: Kill, confuse, eat — how to stop a plague of locusts 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Desert locusts feed on nearly all green vegetation and crops, including leaves, flowers, bark, fruit, millet and rice. Kenya uses app in battle against desert locusts 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s been more challenging in Ethiopia, where despite the spraying, new locust swarms arrived from Somalia and parts of northern Kenya. Crunch, crunch: Africa’s locust outbreak is far from over 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Numbers of locusts exploded in East Africa and the Red Sea region in late 2019, exacerbated by atypical weather patterns amplified by climate change. Swarms of locusts devastate parts of northern Kenya 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Crucially, 4-vinylanisole was equally attractive to both solitary and gregarious locusts. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z And introducing the smell of an adult locust among young insects can help to destroy swarms. Daily briefing: Kill, confuse, eat — how to stop a plague of locusts 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z It said that in June, control operations treated around 30,830 hectares against locusts, around 8,500 hectares by air. Kenya uses app in battle against desert locusts 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z He and colleagues target the locusts in the early mornings before they leave their roosting spots and start flying in the heat of the day. Crunch, crunch: Africa’s locust outbreak is far from over 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z By Saturday, swarms of locusts reached the environs of the Indian capital New Delhi, marking the latest advance of a vast plague, the scale of which experts haven’t seen in decades. Analysis | The world’s climate catastrophe worsens amid the pandemic 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The concentration of 4-vinylanisole in the air increased markedly when the population density of locusts rose. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Scientists in Nairobi are experimenting with new ways to tackle a second wave of locusts that threatens to devour East Africa's crops. Daily briefing: Kill, confuse, eat — how to stop a plague of locusts 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Kenya and India are also currently fighting locusts swarms. Locust swarm threatens Argentina and Brazil crops 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Hurricane and monsoon seasons are getting underway, while record locust invasions in East Africa and outbreaks of conflict are adding to an already challenging outlook for the world’s hungry. Virus pushes millions into hunger; UN seeks more food funds 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z India is witnessing its worst locust invasion in decades. Swarm of locusts reaches suburb of Indian capital 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Consistent with the discovery that solitary locusts are as behaviourally sensitive to 4-vinylanisole as are gregarious locusts, the researchers found that the olfactory neurons of both types of locust were extremely sensitive to this pheromone. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Isolates from fungi and microbes that target locusts offer alternatives to widespread pesticide use. Daily briefing: Kill, confuse, eat — how to stop a plague of locusts 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Argentina and surrounding countries are no strangers to swarms of locusts. Locust swarm threatens Argentina and Brazil crops 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z People posted pictures of the locusts on Twitter, with some criticising the government for not containing the outbreak. Locusts invade satellite city of India's capital 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z A representative from the Aprosoja growers association in Rio Grande do Sul said they feared the locusts would enter the state where corn is still being harvested and wheat being grown. Argentina, Brazil monitor massive locust swarm; crop damage seen limited 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z In outdoor trap experiments on artificial turf, sticky traps baited with 4-vinylanisole were highly successful at trapping dozens of locusts released from the laboratory. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Deadly insecurity continues, and a locust outbreak arrived just weeks before the virus. Virus outbreak could spin ‘out of control’ in South Sudan 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z None of which is welcome in a time of pandemics, locusts, murder hornets, civil unrest, a homelessness crisis and severe economic turmoil. Opinion | Is it the apocalypse? No, it’s just the Golden Gate Bridge. 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The ministry said the locusts were flying in from Botswana and Zambia. Namibia faces red locust invasion 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z There is undoubted snobbery, and at times outright bigotry, in the way that many in Hong Kong talk about mainlanders – casting them as uncouth, uncultured “locusts” straining services and taking over the town. How Hong Kong caught fire: the story of a radical uprising 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Sticky traps of the same type, deployed in the field in a wetland reserve near Tianjin, China, successfully caught a modest number of wild locusts. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z In normal times, locusts are not usually a threat. ‘Rolling emergency’ of locust swarms decimating Africa, Asia and Middle East 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Desert locusts in their millions are devouring their body weight in vegetation every day in Kenya. On patrol with the locust hunters 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The latest red locust invasion follows a similar outbreak in February in the Zambezi region, named after Africa’s fourth largest river, which overlaps parts of Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Namibia faces red locust invasion 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z “This the most serious desert locust outbreak seen in East Africa in 70 years, and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, poses an unprecedented risk to the region.” Vast locust swarms in East Africa put almost 5 million people at risk of hunger and famine: Experts 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z It is not clear whether 4-vinylanisole is responsible solely for the initial aggregation of locusts, or whether it also triggers the pigmentation change and subsequent aggressive swarming behaviour seen after locusts gather. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Desert locusts are a type of grasshopper that feed off vegetation but are usually solitary. ‘Rolling emergency’ of locust swarms decimating Africa, Asia and Middle East 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The sandy soils in this area are ideal for desert locusts to lay their eggs. On patrol with the locust hunters 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Massive swarms of the desert locust, which experts say originates in Africa and is the most destructive of the locust species, began damaging crops in Pakistan last month. Locust invasion wreaks havoc on Pakistan’s crops, orchards 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The IRC notes that the locust infestation, which first arrived in East Africa last June, is feeding on hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops spanning at least eight countries. Vast locust swarms in East Africa put almost 5 million people at risk of hunger and famine: Experts 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z It is possible that the aggregation pheromone merely brings locusts together and that other, secondary mechanisms, and perhaps extra volatile signals, then induce further changes to the morphology and behaviour of the insect. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z “This is typical for desert locusts. It’s not a problem that starts in one place and ends in one place, it’s a rolling emergency.” ‘Rolling emergency’ of locust swarms decimating Africa, Asia and Middle East 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Before the coronavirus pandemic struck, it estimated that locust invasions would push more than 25 million people across East Africa into food insecurity. On patrol with the locust hunters 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Farmers say while crops of rabi, a type of grain, were sown in winter and harvested in the spring, locusts are damaging cotton and vegetable crops sown in April. Locust invasion wreaks havoc on Pakistan’s crops, orchards 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The IRC is involved in a desert locust task force in Somalia, which it says is the worst affected country in the region. Vast locust swarms in East Africa put almost 5 million people at risk of hunger and famine: Experts 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Further investigation is needed to determine whether desert locusts also respond to 4-vinylanisole. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z In one incident, a helicopter monitoring locusts almost sparked a standoff by accidentally crossing into South Sudan from Kenya. ‘Rolling emergency’ of locust swarms decimating Africa, Asia and Middle East 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z On their daily rounds, Captain Neepe and Mr Ng'etich land the helicopter and talk to community members, gathering information about the locusts' possible whereabouts. On patrol with the locust hunters 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z He asked what they would eat if the locusts continued unchecked. Locust invasion wreaks havoc on Pakistan’s crops, orchards 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z It was locusts — millions of them, “like a spreading bedsheet,” he said. ‘Overtaken by Aliens’: India Faces Another Plague as Locusts Swarm 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z One possibility is that locusts self-monitor their own production of the pheromone and that, as the density and concentration of the pheromone increase, the insects’ olfactory systems begin to adapt. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z As the world attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, India, Pakistan and a number of countries in East Africa are also battling invasions of desert locusts. Huge locust swarms hit India, East Africa amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z "This is my first time to see the locusts. My father used to tell me stories about the locusts a long time ago," says Moses Lomooria, 34. On patrol with the locust hunters 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The National Disaster Management Authority said resources were being mobilized and operations were underway to curb the locust invasion. Locust invasion wreaks havoc on Pakistan’s crops, orchards 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Scientists say it’s the worst attack in 25 years and these locusts are different. ‘Overtaken by Aliens’: India Faces Another Plague as Locusts Swarm 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The neural circuits that mediate this pheromone detection, production and pheromone-sensing behaviour in locusts remain completely uncharted. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Neighboring Pakistan declared a national emergency as a result of the locust swarms earlier this year, Pakistani newspaper Dawn reports. Huge locust swarms hit India, East Africa amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, farmers salvaged their wheat and oilseed crops from a previous locust scourge. New wave of locusts raises fear for summer crops in India 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Countries across East Africa and the Horn of Africa are witnessing a “triple threat” from overlapping disasters as the coronavirus, locusts and flooding inundate communities across the region. East Africa fears 'triple threat' from coronavirus, floods and locusts 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The locusts were flying in from Iran and Pakistan, blanketing half a dozen states in western and central India. ‘Overtaken by Aliens’: India Faces Another Plague as Locusts Swarm 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Finally, how might this discovery be applied to the practical problem of locust plagues? Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z A new and larger generation of locusts, numbering in the billions, is also on the move in East Africa, where some countries haven't seen such an outbreak in 70 years. Huge locust swarms hit India, East Africa amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The region is also being ravaged by an invasion of locusts. Kenya floods uproot families, disrupt fishing, farming communities 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “Travel and movement restrictions meant to slow down the spread of COVID-19 are hampering efforts to combat swarms of locusts that are ravaging crops.” East Africa fears 'triple threat' from coronavirus, floods and locusts 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Ten nations in Africa and the Middle East are suffering the worst swarms of desert locusts in decades, endangering the food security of 25 million people. Opinion | The coronavirus pandemic is developing in the shadow of famine. The combination would be deadly. 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Figure 1 | A child swats locusts in Kenya. Catching plague locusts with their own scent 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z NOAA’s assistance is helping officials control the spread of the pests, but the U.N. says new desert locust swarms are advancing into India, threatening food supplies there. To Track Massive Locust Swarms, Officials Use Tool that Forecasts Smoke Plumes 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z In Kenya, farmers face another equally devastating crisis: the country’s worst invasion of locusts for 70 years. First Thing: the US is 'leading the world' but the world isn't following 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z The World Bank on Thursday announced a $500 million program to help countries in the Middle East and Africa fight the locust swarms. East Africa fears 'triple threat' from coronavirus, floods and locusts 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Billions of desert locusts pose a severe threat to vulnerable populations in East Africa and beyond, health officials warn, threatening food stocks and livelihoods just as the coronavirus pandemic appears set to peak. ‘A crisis within a crisis’: Desert locusts pose threat for farmers in the Horn of Africa 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z But the moist, humid conditions are also perfect for locust eggs to hatch. How do you fight a locust invasion amid coronavirus? 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The locust infestation, combined with the coronavirus pandemic, is threatening food security for hundreds of millions of people. To Track Massive Locust Swarms, Officials Use Tool that Forecasts Smoke Plumes 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Growing rice in nations outside East Africa, such as Nigeria, is also more important now due to a plague of locusts in East Africa that has decimated crops this year. How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Added to that, earlier this year East Africa was hit by the worst locust swarms for decades, putting as many as 70 million people at risk. Coronavirus pandemic 'will cause famine of biblical proportions' 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Vast swarms of desert locusts speckle the plains of the region, threatening populations in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Yemen and Sudan. ‘A crisis within a crisis’: Desert locusts pose threat for farmers in the Horn of Africa 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z That’s because of wars in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere, locust swarms in Africa, frequent natural disasters and economic crises including in Lebanon, Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia, he said. UN food agency chief: World on brink of `a hunger pandemic’ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Before NOAA’s assistance, FAO mainly tracked the expansion of the swarms by on-the-ground reports or satellite monitoring while using weather forecasts to guess where the locusts may spread to next. To Track Massive Locust Swarms, Officials Use Tool that Forecasts Smoke Plumes 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Even before the pandemic hit, parts of East Africa and South Asia were already facing severe food shortages caused by drought and the worst locust infestations for decades. World risks ‘biblical’ famines due to pandemic – UN 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Somalia is already coping with its own coronavirus outbreak, as well as flooding and a locust infestation, and now it is facing a loss of income from abroad. Somali diaspora sends home stories of coronavirus woe 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Burgeon appeared with other officials on a telebriefing on the locust crisis hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday. ‘A crisis within a crisis’: Desert locusts pose threat for farmers in the Horn of Africa 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “There were so many things coming our way. We were waiting for the locusts, and the tornadoes. I don’t think anything could shock us at this point,” said spokeswoman Susan Faloon. Next up, locusts? Maine had 5 potential disasters in a week 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z “The current situation and forecast are alarming as locust infestations are expected to extend to other areas in the Horn of Africa and southwest Asia,” WMO said in a release. To Track Massive Locust Swarms, Officials Use Tool that Forecasts Smoke Plumes 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z The World Food Program was already feeding millions in Africa, mainly rural people, due to a myriad of disasters: Floods, drought. armed conflict, government failures, even plagues of locusts. Virus choking off supply of what Africa needs most: Food 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z For people already suffering hardship because of unemployment, drought or a swarm of locusts, social welfare is provided by relatives. Why lockdowns may not be the answer in Africa 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z While maintaining communication with governments across East Africa, the FAO is assisting local farmers with ground and aerial spraying meant to diminish locust populations. ‘A crisis within a crisis’: Desert locusts pose threat for farmers in the Horn of Africa 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z A second wave of desert locusts is threatening east Africa with estimates that it will be 20 times worse then the plague that descended two months ago. Second wave of locusts in east Africa '20 times worse', says UN 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z “Once they land in your garden they do total destruction. Some people will even tell you that the locusts are more destructive than the coronavirus.” World Digest: April 10, 2020 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Two months ago it declared a national emergency over an outbreak of desert locusts that devoured tens of thousands of hectares of crops and pastures. Virus choking off supply of what Africa needs most: Food 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z A second wave of young desert locusts, some 20 times the size of the first, is arriving in Africa. 5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Despite restrictions, Mr. Burgeon said locusts must remain a priority and aid organizations should find new ways to “remain very vigilant and beef up interventions.” ‘A crisis within a crisis’: Desert locusts pose threat for farmers in the Horn of Africa 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z The locusts present “an extremely alarming and unprecedented threat” to food security and livelihoods, according to the UN. Second wave of locusts in east Africa '20 times worse', says UN 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z And as they gather to try to combat the locusts, they risk spreading the virus — a topic that is a distant second for many in rural areas. World Digest: April 10, 2020 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Now t he locusts are back, more of them this time. Virus choking off supply of what Africa needs most: Food 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z “I think, unfortunately, because of other things going on around the world, people are forgetting about the problem with the locusts. But it’s a very, very real problem,” farmer George Dodds told the FAO. New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z As farmers continue to prepare for the upcoming harvest in June and July, they fear a resurgence in the population of locusts. ‘A crisis within a crisis’: Desert locusts pose threat for farmers in the Horn of Africa 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z In its latest locust watch update, the UN said the situation was “extremely alarming” as an increasing number of new swarms form in north and central Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. Second wave of locusts in east Africa '20 times worse', says UN 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z It is being billed as the long-awaited breakthrough moment in European gastronomy for mealworm burgers, locust aperitifs and cricket granola. Insects likely to be approved for human consumption by EU 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Not only is there a plague, but hundreds of billions of locusts are swarming East Africa. The Apocalypse as an ‘Unveiling’: What Religion Teaches Us About the End Times 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Aerial spraying is the only effective way to control the locust outbreak. New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Coronavirus is making it harder to eradicate gigantic locust swarms that are wreaking havoc in East Africa. Coronavirus makes it harder to battle swarms of locusts ravaging Africa 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Back in Beer, after so many years of droughts and bad harvest, residents were still trying to understand why the locusts befell them. Like a biblical plague, locusts swarm East Africa, laying waste to crops and livelihoods 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z She also noted other environmental impacts, such as the Australian bushfires, broken heat records and the worst locust invasion in Kenya for 70 years. Coronavirus: 'Nature is sending us a message’, says UN environment chief 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Until recently, FAO’s top priority was a locust infestation in eastern Africa, a crisis that continues to threaten food supplies. U.N. Shifts from Climate Change to Coronavirus 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z After the locusts crossed into Uganda for the first time since the 1960s, soldiers resorted to using hand-held spray pumps because of difficulties in obtaining the needed aircraft. New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Rather than being a plague of locusts, intentionally or not, it’s a good time to check your worst instincts at the door. A guide to Animal Crossing: New Horizons etiquette, or how not to be "a total tool" 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z What she didn’t realize is that another locust storm was brewing. Like a biblical plague, locusts swarm East Africa, laying waste to crops and livelihoods 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The amount of cyclones in the area seem to be increasing, said Cressman, making it likely that locust swarms will also become more common. Locust crisis poses a danger to millions, forecasters warn 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Heavy rains, war and a lack of funding have been hampering efforts to control the biggest locust outbreak in more than a quarter of a century. Daily briefing: Earth’s deepest life survives by scavenging carbon 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The government is yet to meet an additional budget of over $4 million requested for locust control, the minister said. New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Kenya is experiencing its worst locust swarms for 70 years.Credit: Why gigantic locust swarms are challenging governments and researchers 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z These locusts most likely hatched from the eggs deposited last year on the coast of Somalia. Like a biblical plague, locusts swarm East Africa, laying waste to crops and livelihoods 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z He explained that there were two separate locust control centres in Yemen but neither was able to combat the outbreak effectively alone. Locust crisis poses a danger to millions, forecasters warn 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Locust monitoring in Africa is severely underfunded, with many countries facing unpaid bills to the organization that provides a locust early-warning system and helps to control outbreaks. Daily briefing: Earth’s deepest life survives by scavenging carbon 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z In Ethiopia, where some 6 million people live in areas affected by the locust outbreak, the infestation if unchecked “will cause large-scale crop, pasture and forest-cover loss, worsening food and feed insecurity,” the FAO says. New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Swarming locusts are advancing across East Africa, Asia and the Middle East, threatening food supply and livelihoods. Why gigantic locust swarms are challenging governments and researchers 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The computer, a donation from Britain, uses satellite data to track locust swarms and predict their next destination. Supercomputer helps in tracking East Africa locust outbreak 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z A military helicopter tracks locust swarms in Uganda. A lack of locust preparedness will cost lives 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The Chinese government announced in February it was sending a team of experts to neighbouring Pakistan to develop "targeted programmes" against the locusts. In pictures: Locust swarms in East Africa 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Bands of immature locusts are forming in areas that include the country’s breadbasket, the Rift Valley region, it said. New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Furthermore, locust monitoring in Africa is severely underfunded, says Robert Cheke, a zoologist at the Natural Resources Institute in London, which is advising Uganda on locust control. Why gigantic locust swarms are challenging governments and researchers 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Officials in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, where the supercomputer is based, said the technology will boost their efforts in tracking locust swarms. Supercomputer helps in tracking East Africa locust outbreak 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z These are set up to forecast locust infestations, and to advise on potential crop losses and mitigation measures. A lack of locust preparedness will cost lives 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Hundreds of billions of locusts are swarming through parts of East Africa and South Asia in the worst infestation for a quarter of a century, threatening crops and livelihoods. In pictures: Locust swarms in East Africa 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The locusts are “invading the Eastern Africa region in exceptionally large swarms like never seen before,” the Nairobi-based Climate Prediction and Application Center said. New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The ongoing spread of locusts in the region represents “an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods at the beginning of the upcoming cropping season,” U.N. officials said. Desert Locust Swarms Continue to Spread in Africa, Middle East 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z “As crops are planted, locusts will eat everything.” Running out of time: East Africa faces new locust threat 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Pakistan declared an emergency earlier this month saying locust numbers were the worst in more than two decades. China to deploy ducks in battle with locusts 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z China is planning to dispatch a 100,000-strong army of ducks to help Pakistan combat a massive locust infestation, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. China to dispatch army of ducks to Pakistan to devour locust swarm 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z A duck is also capable of eating more than 200 locusts per day, compared to just 70 for a chicken, Lu said. China to send ‘duck army’ to help Pakistan fight locusts 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The outbreak was initially confined mainly to Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, but FAO says it’s now tracking 15 countries in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia affected by the locusts. Desert Locust Swarms Continue to Spread in Africa, Middle East 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z When eggs hatch, as they are doing now in northern Kenya, the hungry young locusts are earthbound for two weeks and more vulnerable to spraying than when they grow wings. Running out of time: East Africa faces new locust threat 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The Chinese government announced this week it was sending a team of experts of Pakistan to develop "targeted programmes" against the locusts. China to deploy ducks in battle with locusts 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z A duck is also capable of eating more than 200 locusts per day, compared to just 70 for a chicken, Lu said. China to send ‘duck army’ to help Pakistan fight locusts 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Pakistan was invaded by the locust swarm last year, which proceeded to lay waste to the country’s cotton crop and is now menacing the wheat harvest. China to send ‘duck army’ to help Pakistan fight locusts 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z “Ecological damage is highly unlikely to occur as a result of desert locust control operations,” Cressman told E&E News. Desert Locust Swarms Continue to Spread in Africa, Middle East 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The UN wants this money to help countries control the locusts by spraying on the ground or from the air, and to improve cross-border co-ordination. Desperate plea for help to tackle locust swarms 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z In January, the UN called for international help to fight swarms of desert locusts sweeping through East Africa. China to deploy ducks in battle with locusts 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Pakistan was invaded by the locust swarm last year, which proceeded to lay waste to the country’s cotton crop and is now menacing the wheat harvest. China to send ‘duck army’ to help Pakistan fight locusts 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “This work is done in two phases. Phase number one is to kill these mature locusts. They don’t eat a lot but they lay eggs,” Kavuma explains. Uganda's 'locust commander' leads the battle against a new enemy 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Some 40,000 are in famine conditions, a new report said Thursday, and now a major locust outbreak in East Africa has arrived. South Sudan’s rival leaders form coalition government 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Equipment and personnel for controlling the locusts are key resources that are currently in short supply. Desperate plea for help to tackle locust swarms 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “The locusts are a moving target, and we are racing against time.” ‘Like an umbrella had covered the sky’: Locust swarms despoil Kenya 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “The locusts are a moving target and we are racing against time.” ‘Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky’: Locust Swarms Despoil Kenya 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “They are dormant, they are confused, they are very drunk,” a soldier replies, arguing that it takes time for the locusts to die. Uganda's 'locust commander' leads the battle against a new enemy 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Beijing is also closely watching for potential locust invasions as neighboring countries India and Pakistan struggle with the ferocious insects. China launches $200 million fund to combat fall armyworms, locusts 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The FAO says this is a key issue at the moment due to the sheer size of the locust problem. Desperate plea for help to tackle locust swarms 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The locusts are particularly threatening to pastoral communities like Leparole’s, which rely on vegetation to feed their livestock. ‘Like an umbrella had covered the sky’: Locust swarms despoil Kenya 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The locusts are particularly threatening to pastoral communities like Mr. Leparole’s, which rely on vegetation to feed their livestock. ‘Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky’: Locust Swarms Despoil Kenya 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The 40-year-old, who grows maize, sorghum, millet and cotton, is worried about the locusts spreading. Uganda's 'locust commander' leads the battle against a new enemy 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Five million are at risk of starvation, which could increase as locust swarms could destroy crops, the IRC reported. 5 of the worst humanitarian crises the world has been facing 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The UN has made an appeal for more funds to tackle the unprecedented invasions of locusts threatening crops in parts of Africa and Asia. Desperate plea for help to tackle locust swarms 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti were already battling the worst locust outbreak in decades, with swarms also spreading into Tanzania and Uganda. Huge locust swarms raise fears of food shortages in South Sudan 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The locusts, he said, threaten the livelihood of up to 56 local households. ‘Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky’: Locust Swarms Despoil Kenya 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “We are thin on the ground in fighting these locusts. You saw the big swarms, you saw our gadgets and equipment, we definitely need help.” Uganda's 'locust commander' leads the battle against a new enemy 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Farmers called the authorities as soon as the locusts arrived. 'Nothing left': Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Control operations against locusts are under way in 13 countries, from India in the east, all the way across to Mauritania in West Africa. Desperate plea for help to tackle locust swarms 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Villages in India’s western states of Gujarat and Rajasthan states, which share a border with Pakistan’s desert areas, are especially susceptible to the locust invasion. India buys drones, specialist equipment to avert new locust attack 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “Therefore, in general, locust outbreaks are expected to become more frequent and severe under climate change,” said Arianne Cease, director of the Global Locust Initiative at Arizona State University. ‘Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky’: Locust Swarms Despoil Kenya 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Now, he’s become the “locust commander”, the man leading the fight against the country’s worst locust outbreak in decades. Uganda's 'locust commander' leads the battle against a new enemy 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti are battling the worst locust outbreak in decades. World Digest: Feb. 18, 2020 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Most recently, locusts have been seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and swarms have arrived in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, and along the coast of Iran. Desperate plea for help to tackle locust swarms 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Asked if India would supply insecticides to Pakistan to help Islamabad deal with the locust outbreak, the first official said: “So far we haven’t received any request from Pakistan.” India buys drones, specialist equipment to avert new locust attack 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z On a recent morning, marching bands of juvenile, flightless black locusts mobbed the entrance of his home. ‘Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky’: Locust Swarms Despoil Kenya 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z A locust outbreak devastating parts of East Africa reached South Sudan Tuesday, a country beset by hunger problems and instability after years of civil war, officials announced. Locust outbreak devastating East Africa hits South Sudan 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Swarms of desert locusts that have been devouring crops and pasture in the East Africa region have spread to South Sudan, the UN food agency says. Locust swarms cross into hunger-hit South Sudan 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z But funds are also being used to provide immediate and longer-term assistance for farmers whose livelihoods have been affected by locust swarms. Desperate plea for help to tackle locust swarms 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Pakistan, which is facing the worst locust infestation in two decades, has declared a national emergency. India buys drones, specialist equipment to avert new locust attack 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z East Africa is currently battling the biggest locust swarms in decades.Credit: Panicking about societal collapse? Plunder the bookshelves 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The robot-bound locusts were exposed to five different explosives, and it only took 500 milliseconds of exposure for a distinct pattern of activity to appear in the locusts' brains. Cyborg locusts could be used to sniff out bombs, scientists say 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The locust swarms entered Africa from Yemen three months ago. Locust swarms cross into hunger-hit South Sudan 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z There are training programmes under way in countries affected, and Kenya has trained more than 240 personnel from affected counties in effective monitoring of locust swarms. Desperate plea for help to tackle locust swarms 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Invasive autumn olive shrubs and the occasional black locust tree were among the only plants that managed to eke out a living in the hard-packed rubble. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The UN says that desert locusts are the most dangerous migratory pests because of their capacity to decimate crops, threatening food security and livelihoods. UN Calls on International Community To Support East Africa, As Swarms Of Locust Decimate Crops 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The scientists chose locusts because their tiny antennae are filled with about 50,000 olfactory neurons. Cyborg locusts could be used to sniff out bombs, scientists say 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Efforts to control the locust infestation have so far not been effective. Locust swarms cross into hunger-hit South Sudan 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z There are fears that the locusts - already in the hundreds of billions - will multiply further. East Africa famine warning amid locust plague 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Somalia, one of several African nations being hit hard by enormous swarms of locusts, is planning to control them with a fungus in what would be the largest use of biopesticides against these insects. In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Swarms, which can contain 40-80 million locust adults, can consume crops in one day that would provide food for 35,000 people. UN Calls on International Community To Support East Africa, As Swarms Of Locust Decimate Crops 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z U.N. officials warn immediate action is needed before more rainfall in the weeks ahead brings fresh vegetation to feed new generations of locusts. Africa locust invasion spreading, may become ‘most devastating plague’ in living memory, UN warns 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z There are now fears that the locusts - already in the hundreds of billions - will multiply further. Locust swarms cross into hunger-hit South Sudan 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The locust invasion is the worst infestation in Kenya for 70 years and the worst in Somalia and Ethiopia for 25 years. East Africa famine warning amid locust plague 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z “Large-scale use to control an invasion of desert locusts would be a first,” says Michel Lecoq, a retired entomologist who worked on locust control at the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development. In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The current swarms of locusts are the most serious outbreak in decades, affecting Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and most recently, Tanzania and Uganda. UN Calls on International Community To Support East Africa, As Swarms Of Locust Decimate Crops 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z U.N. officials warn that immediate action is needed before more rainfall in the weeks ahead brings fresh vegetation to feed new generations of locusts. UN warns of ‘major shock’ as Africa locust outbreak spreads 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Awaiting next month’s image of this soggy RFS sign surrounded by a plague of locusts. NSW floods and weather: rain eases but chaos continues – live 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Desert locust swarms of biblical proportions are decimating farmers’ crops in mere days and threatening the livelihoods and food security of millions in countries from India eastward to Kenya and Ethiopia. African nations struggle with once-in-generation locust plague 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z One swarm there was estimated at 100 billion to 200 billion locusts, marauding through 2400 square kilometers. In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The locusts could fly into South Sudan, a country whose population is already struggling with high levels of hunger. UN Calls on International Community To Support East Africa, As Swarms Of Locust Decimate Crops 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The locusts are eating the vegetation that supports vibrant herder communities in the region, and Kenyan Ambassador Lazarus Amayo warned of the “inherent risk of communal conflict over pastures.” UN warns of ‘major shock’ as Africa locust outbreak spreads 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Small and wingless, the hopping young locusts are the next wave in the outbreak that threatens more than 10 million people across the region with a severe hunger crisis. “Where it begins”: Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z With a hungry 150 million-strong swarm able to travel 80 miles in a single day, Somalia last week became the latest country to declare a national emergency in response to the locust threat. African nations struggle with once-in-generation locust plague 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z After the unusual rainfall, vegetation flourished, and the well-fed locusts increased their population 400-fold over 6 months. In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The latest locust swarms migrated from the Arabian peninsula, where cyclones in the deserts of Oman this fall created ideal breeding conditions. UN Calls on International Community To Support East Africa, As Swarms Of Locust Decimate Crops 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Even before the locust invasion, some 11 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya were experiencing food insecurity, and the swarms will worsen the situation, the FAO said. Locust swarms threaten more countries in eastern Africa: FAO 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Those countries have well-trained monitoring and prevention systems in place for more frequent locust outbreaks. “Where it begins”: Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z “Given the severity of this desert locust outbreak, we must commit our best to protect the food security and livelihoods of Somali people,” Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Said Hussein Iid said. African nations struggle with once-in-generation locust plague 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z The locusts headed to southern Iran, crossing territory that hadn’t seen the insects in 50 years, and moved east into India and Pakistan. In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Smerdon says the locusts "could cause intense pain and suffering to people who because of climate change, are already living on the edge." UN Calls on International Community To Support East Africa, As Swarms Of Locust Decimate Crops 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z In January, the FAO called for international help in fighting the swarms in the Horn of Africa, warning that locust numbers across the region could grow 500 times by June. Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z After a month or so, the locusts will be mature adults, ready to reproduce. “Where it begins”: Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Experts say the intense upsurge in the locust population is due to rainfall patterns caused by a spike in cyclone frequency in 2019. African nations struggle with once-in-generation locust plague 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Tackling large locust swarms is challenging and requires fast-acting chemical pesticides sprayed from aircraft. In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Warmer sea temperatures have increased the frequency of cyclones in the Indian Ocean, causing heavy rainfall on the Arabian peninsula which in turn accelerated locust reproduction. UN Calls on International Community To Support East Africa, As Swarms Of Locust Decimate Crops 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Somalia has declared a national emergency as large swarms of locusts spread across east Africa. Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z That makes it difficult or impossible to conduct the aerial spraying of the locusts that experts say is the only effective control. “Where it begins”: Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Kenyan President Uhura Kenyatta on a visit to Washington last week attributed the soaring locust population to changing climate patterns, noting that January is usually the driest month in his country. 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