Plagues of Locusts – Wild Africa – BBC
Written by scottology on November 28, 2009 – 11:14 am -Amazing time-lapse footage of locusts moving across African deserts. Taken from the BBC series Wild Africa. Visit www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos and watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Earth YouTube channel here www.youtube.com
Tags: Africa, BBC, Locusts, swarms, time-lapse, wildlife
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Walking Stick insect!
Written by scottology on November 15, 2009 – 3:34 pm -This strange insect was outside our window and we let it in to show the kids. These insects are hard to find since they resemble sticks/twigs.
Tags: Africa, brazil, britain, california, central, crawly, creepers, creepy, denmark, devin, entomologist, entomology, extention, fish, great, insect, jeepers, kingdom, minnow, native, non, nunes, penn, psu, rep, smelt, state, stick, supply, things, uk, united, valley, walking, water
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How locusts perceive the signal to swarm.
Written by scottology on November 3, 2009 – 7:25 am -A simple experiment on how locusts perceive the signal to swarm.
Tags: Africa, biology, bugs, entimology, grasshoppers, Insects, Locust, plagues, swarming
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Locust Invasion in Congo
Written by scottology on October 18, 2009 – 8:56 pm -Billions of Locusts, which appear once every fourteen years, attack a car near Mbandaka, Congo. In their wake, thousands of fields are annihilated.
Tags: Africa, African, Attack, bugs, Congo, Darfur, Fleas, Insects, Invasion, Locust, Mbandaka, Nature, Near, Sudan, The, Tourists, Travel
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