desert locust

基本解釋

DNA shows that ancestors of the desert locust flew across the Atlantic and gave rise to a diverse group of New World species.
研究人員表示，這些蝗蟲的DNA證據(jù)顯示，非洲沙漠蝗的祖先們曾飛越了大西洋，并在美洲大陸生成了一個新的蝗蟲種群。
During the 1988 desert locust plague, swarms crossed the Atlantic from Mauritania to the Caribbean, flying 5 000 kilometres in 10 days.
在1988年的沙漠蝗災中，蝗群從毛里塔尼亞穿越大西洋來到加勒比，10天之內(nèi)飛行了5000公里。
Since the dawn of agriculture more than 10 000 years ago mankind has had to deal with a resourceful and fearless enemy, Schistocerca gregaria, the desert locust.
自從一萬多年前農(nóng)業(yè)誕生以來，人類就一直在與源源不斷和無所畏懼的敵人Schistocerca gregaria，即沙漠蝗蟲打交道。