The recent plague of desert locusts in Africa and the Middle East cost $1.3 billion in damage in 23 countries. A report from Pakistan describes the difficult logistical and social hurdles to adequately managing this fast-moving entomological threat. (Public domain image by Adrian Pingstone, via Wikimedia Commons)
desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
The recent plague of desert locusts in Africa and the Middle East cost $1.3 billion in damage in 23 countries. A report from Pakistan describes the difficult logistical and social hurdles to adequately managing this fast-moving entomological threat. (Public domain image by Adrian Pingstone, via Wikimedia Commons)
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