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I support the merging of Locust swarm into this page. In fact, the text of the former can just be replaced by a redirect, because it does not contain info that is not found on this page. Dogo 16:41, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Locust is also another term for thugs. This is because thugs move into one area, destroy it, and move to another area.
I don't know about that (surely that's a comment ofr the disambiguation page?), but there's an interesting article on EurekaAlert today http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-12/uot-ats122105.php suggesting that the New World locusts are descended from Old world desert locusts that actually managed to cross the Atlantic a few (3~5) million years ago. Theres food for a lot of thought there.
- The interwiki link to the french page links to a non existant page.
[edit] Locust Swarm
But the Locust Swarm is a group of insects, not a species.
- Incorrect. A "swarm" is a group of insects. A "Locust swarm" is a group of locusts.--み使い Mitsukai 16:59, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] LOCUST - an alternate meaning
According to my Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary there is an additional definition identified with the word "locust". It can refer to any of various leguminous trees - such as the carob, black locust or honey locust. The carob tree is indigenous to the Mediterranean area and produces a pod containing a sweet pulp quite similar to that of chocolate. The other two grow in North America.208.38.89.193 19:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Section Title Change?
The title "Swarming behaviour and extinctions" makes it sound as though those two items are supposed to be related, which they don't seem to be. A better title might be something along the lines of "Scientific significance"? I'm not feeling creative right now. Kith 23:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
