Locusts: Why are there so many of them?

The reason they go from a single harmless locust to a group of crop killing insects

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Sonia Shah, Senior Visual Journalist and Yousra Zaki, Assistant Editor Features
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They may be the size and weight of your average paper clip, but locusts, in swarms, have the ability to devastate crops and cause major agricultural damage, which can lead to famine and starvation if a city is unprepared to deal with the loss of crop.

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