I was curious why we don't hear about locust swarms anymore in the US
Turns out this species -
the Rocky Mountain locust was made accidentally extinct by settlers. Although the swarms could be huge, they had a small and concentrated breeding ground that was destroyed by farming and cows. Wikipedia says the last specimen was collected in 1904.
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I was curious why we don't hear about locust swarms anymore in the US
Turns out this species - the Rocky Mountain locust was made accidentally extinct by settlers. Although the swarms could be huge, they had a small and concentrated breeding ground that was destroyed by farming and cows. Wikipedia says the last specimen was collected in 1904.