I am a plague of locusts emptying the closet.

像虫洗劫样，我清空了壁橱。

Under normal circumstance, preventing the locusts from spreading can be controlled.

在正常情况下，虫的传播是可以控制的。

To what taxonomic family do locust belong?

虫属于哪类生物？

There are late frosts, a lot of grasshoppers and not a lot of rainfall.

霜冻较晚，虫很多，降雨量也很少。

The grasshopper with his green cape stepped to the front and greeted the people.

虫伸着两的触角走向前，向人们致意。

But now, suddenly, you're dealing with drought, or flash floods, or locusts.

但现在，突然间，你要面对干旱，山洪或虫。

Wait, locusts can't be that bad, can they?

等下，虫没那么可怕，不是吗？

The chemical was produced when as few as four to five locusts came together.

四到五虫聚集在可以产生该化学物质。

The FAO calls the risk low for locust breeding in Kenya.

粮农组织称肯尼亚的虫繁殖风险较低。

Our elders talked about desert locusts, but this is the first time I've seen them.

我们的长辈们谈论过沙漠虫，但这是我第次见到它们。

Basically, they're quiet, blend into the background, and mostly eat locusts and mantids.

基本上，他们很安静，融入背景，主要吃虫和螳螂。

Massive swarms of the insects have damaged or destroyed large areas of cropland and pastures.

大批虫破坏、毁掉了大面积的农田和牧场。

And a whole swarm can consume literally hundreds of tonnes of vegetation.

而整团虫云能消耗掉数百吨植物。

Cicadas, sometimes called locusts, are one of the most notorious members of this gang.

蝉有时被误称为虫是这群歹徒中最恶名昭彰的之。

Invading locusts have swarmed through over 20,000 hectares of cropland in Yunnan Province.

入侵的虫已席卷了云南省2万多公顷的农田。

In 2020, east Africa suffered its worst plague of locusts in decades.

2020年，东非遭受了几十年来最严重的虫灾害。

Desert locust swarms have been detected in five regions and one city administration across Ethiopia.

在埃塞俄比亚的五个地区和个城市管理部门发现了沙漠虫群。

Desert locusts are the world's oldest and most destructive migratory pest.

沙漠虫是世界上最古老和最具破坏性的迁徙害虫。

This is why, over time, I have come to call this epidemic of violence the Locust Effect.

这是为什么， 我将这遍布的暴力称之为“虫效应”。

That's the size of just one of the swarms that's descended this year on eastern Africa.

此种规模的虫是今年源东非地区的大量虫中的群而已。