Cicadas and Crickets
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Swarmageddon: How Lonely Grasshoppers Turn Into an Army of Locusts
Locusts and grasshoppers are two forms of the same creature, but a series of chemical reactions turn these lonely hoppers into giant swarms of invasive insects
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Monsoon Musicians: Songs of the Cicadas
With about 200 different species in India the diversity of cicadas is astonishing. But there is one thing common to most of them, they emerge annually and herald the arrival of the monsoon with their music
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Locust Swarms: Pests or Actors in the Ecosystem?
The locust is both agriculture pest and a food source. Normally solitary, they turn into a locust plague when conditions are just right
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Dune Crickets: The Underdogs of the Thar Desert
The Thar desert in Rajasthan is home to two of the seven known dune cricket species. The insects have adopted mechanisms and lifestyles that help them survive the arid desert climate
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