Locusts


 * Locusts are related to the grasshopper, but they are much different in their actions.
 * Locusts can be solitary, but then they hit a phase known as the gregarious stage.
 * This occurs when environmental conditions create green plants and promote breeding. This is when locusts can turn into ravenous swarms.
 * Locusts can devastate crops and cause major agricultural damage.
 * The most notorious locust is the desert locust. They inhabit Africa, the Middle East, and Asia

Works Cited: [] http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/nigeria-battles-locust-invasion-1.254701 [] By: John McCullough
 * Nigeria is affected by the locusts because they can harm their crops, and other agricultural resources.
 * Nigeria is a poor country, and one of their main exports is crops, so they could be affected economically.
 * Also, because of their poverty, a locust swarm destroying the crops, could cause a famine. People could potentially die of starvation.