They might look like harmless grasshoppers, but locusts have an appetite for destruction. When the conditions are right, they transform from mild-mannered loners into gregarious partiers. They swarm, ...

The thought of locusts swarming through an area in a vast, ravenous swarm conjures images of biblical plagues and ancient curses. It’s a reasonable response. Locusts have been a pest animal since the ...

Thanks to recent rains in late July (more rain in the last 10 days than fell for the whole month previous), there is now plenty going on as we enter August. The trio of fall wildflowers — goldenrods, ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Science Progress (1933-) Vol. 104, No. 4, 2021 Haemocyte variations in 35 species of gr ...

Locusts have a reputation of biblical proportions – when swarming they have been known to consume entire crops and devour grass for livestock. In doing so, they can destroy livelihoods for farmers and ...

The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a hairy, six-legged, doublejawed grasshopper whose behavior has been exasperation and puzzling mankind ever since his appearance in Exodus as one of the ...