Locusts
Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin locusta, meaning grasshopper) are a collection of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming gregarious. No taxonomic distinction is made between locust and grasshopper species; the basis for the definition is whether a species forms swarms under intermittently suitable conditions. These grasshoppers are normally innocuous, their numbers are low, and they do not pose a major economic threat to agriculture. However, under suitable conditions of drought followed …
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DRV: Durvile Publications · 20 April 2024 English
“The Ascenti AI Project” is about AI and Creativity. Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI book features a diverse group of professionals, known as “creatives,” who specialize in visual art, writing, …
mocking immigrants who swarmed the country like locusts and cooked food that smelled funny. Maybe this …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 30 March 2024 English
Emily McGiffin’s poems examine imperial violence and colonialism in South Africa and Canada. Multifaceted and multi-voiced, Emily McGiffin’s poems explore the ongoing violence, destruction, and loss wrought by colonialism and …
what hopes grow in its tiny flowered heart? locusts bound into the drying maize and sun arrives, alighting …
National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health · 18 January 2024 English
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2. Kleemann K, Mseba A. Hazards and disasters. Locusts, earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, droughts. In: …
FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 4 January 2024 English
A Personal Declaration of Opposition to The Abuse of Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by The State I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom …
of the Modern Era circling over us like massive locusts, ready to pounce on any deviation in behaviour …
TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity · 8 November 2023 English
Global Views | Food systems Opinion: Scaling true cost accounting can transform our food systems The release of the “State of Food And Agriculture 2023” report shows the U. [...] …
of locusts into Ethiopia, Kenya, and surrounding countries. Countries tried to tackle the locusts by …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 18 August 2023 English
Hekmat Al-Taweel (1922–2008) was a native Palestinian Christian from Gaza City whose narrative unearths a version of history long excluded from mainstream discourse and provides an unfamiliar perspective on Muslim–Christian …
clothes for her.come my chiLdreN 14 One year, locusts attacked Gaza and we saw very big, dark clouds … then killed them. After that year we didn’t see locusts again. I spent most of my life in Al Zaitoon, the …
INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 27 April 2023 English
This literature review briefly examines methods to mitigate urban heat islands. Climate change is already increasing the number of high-heat days, a trend that will continue in the coming years. …
(honey locusts, Drought tolerant and shade and flood intolerant Kentucky coffee trees, locusts, Heavy …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 14 April 2023 English
Legends of the Capilano updates E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic Legends of Vancouver, restoring Johnson’s intended title for the first time, and celebrating the storytelling abilities of Johnson’s Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) …
have so increased that they are like a storm of locusts, leaving the earth bare where they pass by. They …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 27 March 2023 English
Feminist experimental lyric poetry that embodies the passage of a damaged world across generations.
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UAP: University of Alberta Press · 15 March 2023 English
Documents how the West came to have an ideology that has promoted environmentally destructive economic expansion.
to limit their depravations. Against hordes of locusts and grasshoppers, or invisible bacteria, mould …
