Locust Plague Devours 40,000 Tonnes of Vegetation When crops are plentiful, locusts have a unique hunting technique: they create a plague-like swarm up to a kilometre long, destroying all the vegetation in their path. #EarthsTropicalIslands | BBC Earth

Drivers crossing the Sahara encountered massive swarms of locusts slamming into their cars. “We went through a few intense locust swarms and happened to catch the worst one on my camera,” said Salah Abdelhadi, who filmed the video. Locusts can decimate cropland, crippling farms and leaving livestock with nothing to eat. Carried by the wind, they can travel up to 100 miles a day. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, locusts, especially desert locusts, are considered the most d

🦗This is an Egyptian Locust — Anacridium aegyptium. They are some of the largest known European #grasshoppers. While there are over 8,000 different species of the superfamily Acridoidea, the Egyptian Locust is easily identifiable due to its striped compound eyes. This brightly colored nymph (juvenile) is feasting in anticipation of its next molt.🌿 These grasshoppers undergo several molts, gradually developing wings and growing in size with each exuviate. #WildlifeWednesday 🗺 #Science 🥼 | Sci