How to Use desert locust in a Sentence

desert locust

noun
  • This allowed two generations of desert locusts to form into swarms.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Their next project is the desert locust, city-size swarms of which are right now causing a dual disaster of plagues in Africa.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The desert locust is a passive flying species that typically follows the wind.
    — Nathanial Gronewold, Scientific American, 15 May 2020
  • The desert locust is a particularly ravenous species that can eat its own weight in food every day.
    — Nathanial Gronewold, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Their transformation and swarming is triggered by rain; desert locusts can only lay their eggs in moist sand, since dry sand would cook them.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The desert is not an easy place for any species, but the desert locust is uniquely adapted to this environment, says Cressman.
    — Popular Science, 7 June 2020
  • In recent months, the Horn of Africa has been invaded by desert locusts that have consumed food crops and pasture.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The horde of desert locusts has been destroying crops in Kenya in the worst infestation to hit the nation in 70 years.
    — Fox News, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Some areas of East Africa, such as Kenya, had not seen such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The species with the most economic impact, the desert locust, threatens one-fifth of Earth’s land area and one-tenth of the global population.
    — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The desert locust is among the most destructive of migratory pests because of its speed and ability to multiply rapidly.
    — Tara John, CNN, 27 June 2020
  • But why does the desert locust go gregarious, when the vast majority of grasshopper species remain solitarious?
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Billions of the young desert locusts are winging in from breeding grounds in Somalia in search of fresh vegetation springing up with seasonal rains.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2020
  • The United Nations is warning that mass swarms of desert locusts are endangering food supplies in eastern Africa.
    — Nathanial Gronewold, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The outbreak of desert locusts is the worst that Kenya has seen in 70 years, according to the Associated Press.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 25 Jan. 2020
  • But the hope soon turned to terror when the giant blot revealed itself as a swarm of fast-moving desert locusts, which have been cutting a path of devastation through Kenya since late December.
    — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2020
  • These irregular weather and climate patterns also contributed to the worst desert locust invasion in 25 years, which further threatened the crop supply in the region.
    — Helen Regan, Ivana Kottasová and Drew Kann, CNN, 1 Nov. 2020
  • At a glance, the desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting East Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years.
    — NBC News, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Indian authorities are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts which have already devastated crops across Pakistan and East Africa.
    — Fortune, 27 May 2020
  • Aerial pesticide spraying is the only effective way to combat desert locust swarms, according to the FAO, which is seeking $70 million in aid to support additional efforts to contain the pests.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2020

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