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Research at Oxford has proposed that swarming behaviour is a response to overcrowding. Increased tactile stimulation of the hind legs causes an increase in levels of serotonin. This causes the locust to change colour, eat much more, and breed much more easily. The transformation of the locust to the swarming variety is induced by several contacts per minute over a four-hour period. It is estimated that the largest swarms have covered hundreds of square miles and consisted of many billions of locusts. Plagues of locusts appear many religous texts, including one of the biblical Plagues of Egypt, where locusts ate all the crops in the area. So basically, Locust swarms can occur anywhere that there is an over abundance of locusts in one area.
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What is a group of locusts called?
The collective nouns for locusts are: a plague of locusts a cloud of locusts a swarm of locusts
What is a 6 letter word for a locusts group?
A group of locusts is called a plague of locusts.
What are facts about locusts?
physical traits of a locusts
When was The Locusts created?
The Locusts was created in 1826.
What the collective noun for locusts?
The collective nouns for locusts are:a plague of locustsa cloud of locustsa swarm of locusts
How do you use locusts in a sentence?
There were locusts in the backyard that ate my crops.
What is the colllective noun for locusts?
Usually it is a swarm of locusts, though a plague or cloud of locusts may also be used.
Which plaque involved locusts?
The eighth plague involved Locusts.
When was The Locusts - film - created?
The Locusts - film - was created in 1997.
What are locusts and what happens to the crops in an area attacked by locusts?
Basically locusts are little parasites that kills crops. The crops slowly die off because the locusts treat them like host.
What do 17 year locusts eat?
17 year "locusts" are cicadas rather than actual locusts. They feed on tree sap.
Do locusts chirp?
Grasshoppers and locusts are actually the same species at different times. Grasshoppers chirp, therefore to my knowledge locusts chirp.
