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When locusts swarm en masse

Insect critical density linked to group behaviour.

The menace of locusts lies in their numbers: a vast army of billions of insects chomping their way through anything in their path. Researchers have now pinpointed the tipping point at which these insects transform from wandering loners into a ‘marching band’ that seems to function as a gestalt eating machine.

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Posted by Michael Hopkin on June 1, 2006 06:11 PM |

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