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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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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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