How to Use desert locust in a Sentence

desert locust

noun

• Year of the locusts: East Africa is battling the worst desert locust storms in 25 years; the worst in 70 years in Kenya.
  — National Geographic, 29 Jan. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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 a passive flying species that typically follows the wind.
  — Nathanial Gronewold, Scientific American, 15 May 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 locust is a particularly ravenous species that can eat its own weight in food every day.
  — Nathanial Gronewold, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 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
• This allowed two generations of desert locusts to form into swarms.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 16 Apr. 2020
• The desert locust is a winged insect that travels in swarms, consuming almost every leaf of green vegetation in its wake.
  — Neha Wadekar, Quartz Africa, 10 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But why does the desert locust go gregarious, when the vast majority of grasshopper species remain solitarious?
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 5 Feb. 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, 5 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
• Honorable mentions included striking microscopic images of photonic crystals in insect scales, crystallized amino acids, desert locust wings, and opal embedded in iron sandstone, among others.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024