Wednesday, February 3, 2016

February 01, 2016 at 02:26PM Dry vegetation encourages locusts to become gregarious

Desert locusts, which are usually solitary and inoffensive, can very rapidly become gregarious and form gigantic swarms that devastate vegetation. A study by CIRAD and its partners has shown that the state of the vegetation (dry or green) influences the gregarization of adult individuals.



via CIRAD - Actualités / News http://ift.tt/1o5mksk

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