Sentences with phrase «migratory locusts»
A team led by entomologist Wangpeng Shi of China Agricultural University in Beijing noticed that migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria manilensis) infected by a microbe known as Paranosema locustae were less likely to aggregate into swarms than were their healthy counterparts.
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By itself, the migratory locust is about as harmless as a grasshopper.
By itself, the migratory locust is pretty harmless, but it can assemble with billions of its buddies into apocalyptic swarms that destroy thousands of hectares of crops.
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Bomar suggests these other species, especially thered - legged grasshopper and the migratory grasshopper, are stepping intothe niche the Rocky Mountain locust vacated.
EATING MACHINE: The migratory grass - hopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes, is the closest living relative of America's extinct plague locust.