Where have all the locusts gone?

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From the Texas Observer.

God’s Little Army
By James E. McWilliams
from issue: 12/2/2005

Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier
by Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Basic Books
294 pages, $25


Entomologists are quite possibly some of the weirdest people on the face of the earth. Obsessive compulsion is more than a common bond for these academic bug munchers, it’s an occupational advantage. ( Read more... )