They don't have the side effect of creating famines only disease which is treatable, but once a locust swarm reaches a large size barely anything can stop them from devouring every plant based organism in sight which can strip a land in 1 hour at least to as fast as only 5-10 minutes. It would take about close to a decade with Restoration efforts to bring any semblance of life back.
I thought the mosquito had that honor?
They don't have the side effect of creating famines only disease which is treatable, but once a locust swarm reaches a large size barely anything can stop them from devouring every plant based organism in sight which can strip a land in 1 hour at least to as fast as only 5-10 minutes. It would take about close to a decade with Restoration efforts to bring any semblance of life back.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNpTsn4l0S4
This is a small swarm(still large), but if these bugs just only double then the ecological effect is uncountable.
They are definitely like piranhas and fruit that is for sure.