Locusts: War Without End

Oct 25, 1981 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

Called the "teeth of the wind" by those who have battled them for centuries, locusts continue to plague hundreds of millions of people. Rare desert rains transforms locusts from harmless grasshoppers to voracious swarms capable of destroying all vege... (more)tation in their path. NOVA reveals some of man's latest attempts to rid himself of his age-old enemy, the locust.

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