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		Wicher on Feb 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Unprecedented” locust invasion threatens crops in... Synthesize the pheromones, carpet spray them, and they'll keep moving non-stop until they die of exhaustion! (Might have to do some due diligence eco-research to check, for instance, if the synthetic pheromone is specific enough)

dredmorbius on Feb 1, 2020 [–]

Something like that. Or maneuver them into a narrow valley or canyon or to a too-long water crossing (shades of lemmings).

Or use the Mormon defence: seagulls.

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