The Telegraph. Israel plagued by locusts
World Press
Israel's agriculture ministry battles to contain an infestation of locusts that threatens to destroy thousands of acres of crops after swarming into the south of the country from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Workers are spraying pesticides from the air and on land early in the morning as an estimated million-plus insects cover crops and threaten to migrate further north.
The agriculture ministry set up a hotline for farmers to call if they saw what one official described as "a medium-sized swarm" coming in advance.
The ministry had issued a "locust alert" on Monday after millions of the bugs swept into Egypt last weekend.
Israeli television reminds, however, that locusts really are a nutritious treat, compared in taste to chicken.


















































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