desert locust

基本解释

DNA shows that ancestors of the desert locust flew across the Atlantic and gave rise to a diverse group of New World species.
研究人员表示，这些蝗虫的DNA证据显示，非洲沙漠蝗的祖先们曾飞越了大西洋，并在美洲大陆生成了一个新的蝗虫种群。
During the 1988 desert locust plague, swarms crossed the Atlantic from Mauritania to the Caribbean, flying 5 000 kilometres in 10 days.
在1988年的沙漠蝗灾中，蝗群从毛里塔尼亚穿越大西洋来到加勒比，10天之内飞行了5000公里。
Since the dawn of agriculture more than 10 000 years ago mankind has had to deal with a resourceful and fearless enemy, Schistocerca gregaria, the desert locust.
自从一万多年前农业诞生以来，人类就一直在与源源不断和无所畏惧的敌人Schistocerca gregaria，即沙漠蝗虫打交道。