tctrojan
Senior Member
I was listening to a podcast about Laura Ingells Wilder. They talked about a swarm of grasshoppers destroying crops when she was young. I was amazed at the size of the swarm of grasshoppers.
I found the stats it quoted on Wikipedia.
"The locusts spread out across about 2,000,000 square miles (5,200,000 km2), while a locust infestation named Albert's swarm in 1875 covered 198,000 square miles (510,000 km2).[1][4] The United States Entomological Commission wrote in 1880 that the infestation "covered a swath equal to the combined areas of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont."[5]"
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It is no wonder so much was destroyed.
I found the stats it quoted on Wikipedia.
"The locusts spread out across about 2,000,000 square miles (5,200,000 km2), while a locust infestation named Albert's swarm in 1875 covered 198,000 square miles (510,000 km2).[1][4] The United States Entomological Commission wrote in 1880 that the infestation "covered a swath equal to the combined areas of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont."[5]"
Locust Plague of 1874 - Wikipedia
It is no wonder so much was destroyed.