Exempel på locust

• During the dry season the locusts could be approached nearer than during the rains, owing to their inactivity when the humidity is low.

• Various grasses were introduced into the cage to determine whether the locusts exhibited a preference for any particular species of grass.

• At this point, villages were teetering on the brink of famine as locust invasions threatened to consume the limited food crops that had been planted.

• The wing femur and pronotum-depth head-width ratios were determined for locusts collected in 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933.

• After the preliminary work, a programme was drawn up which included a study of both phases of the desert locust.

• In the countryside, the absence of government measures to ensure pest control made farmers' efforts to deal with a swarm of locusts futile.

• The chronicles tell us about such natural phenomena as rainy years, periods of drought, famines, locust plagues, and epidemics.

• Treated locusts reared in field cages or in the laboratory can be used to confirm the field data.

• The field assessments were supported by data from locusts kept in field cages.

• Cages were checked twice a day for mortality and any dead locusts counted and removed.

• Intelligent life, in the long term, ought to appear as a horde of locusts, devouring all matter in its domain.

• A similar situation occurs in the male desert locust which, during the gregarious phase, breeds under crowded conditions.

• From the beginning, the sages warn that there will be locusts, dearth, hunger, and death.

• Various kinds of hunger crises caused by natural disasters such as drought, invasions of locusts, blight and other pests and epidemics can be categorized.

• It is of interest, however, that the locusts in the jars ate at least four times as much food as those in the cages.