An Egyptian locust has been spotted in a Cornwall garden.Cornwall Wildlife Trust said the insect, typically found in Mediterranean Europe and North Africa, was believed to be the first sighting in the ...

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“Although giant nets, flamethrowers, lasers and huge vacuums have been proposed in the past, these are not in use for locust control,” the U.N. agency says.