Question

Desert locusts are devastating to agriculture because __________.

Answer 1

The correct answer is - b. small swarms can eat the same amount of vegetation in one day as an elephant.

The desert locusts are a true nemeses to the agriculture. They create swarms, be it large or small, they have millions of locusts in them, and for their size, they can eat a lot. A small swarm, can indeed eat as much as an elephant in one day, so when they do get to the plants they consider as food they are destroying them in a very rapid manner, and if it is a big swarm in question, in only few hours they can massacre hundreds of acres.

Answer 2

Desert locusts are devastating to agriculture because they group in small swarms and can eat the same amount of vegetation in one day as an elephant. The answer is letter B. a single swarm contain between 40 and 80 million and can cover up to 1200 square kilometers.