locusts.Cemal Simsek, a villager in the district of Gercus in the south-eastern Turkish province of Batman, said the locusts appeared during harvesting in the region.Another villager called Ahmet Soyvural added: “We saw them last year too and researched them.
We discovered they are a carnivorous species that do not devour crops.”However, scientists point out that there is no such thing as a purely carnivorous locust, although they admitted that when they swarm they will eat anything including plants and other insects depending on what is available.
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