The wind carries swarms of bugs.

Desert locusts jump up from the ground and fly away as a cameraman walks past in Kenya. (AP)
A desert locust sits on a tree branch in Kenya. (AP)
Swarms of desert locusts fly above trees in Kenya. They will destroy farmland. (AP)
The locusts eat the grass so the plants die. (AP)
Young desert locusts that have not yet grown wings jump into the air. (AP)

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Swish, swoop. Flitter, flutter. The wind carries bugs new places.

Locusts flew into Africa. They landed in Congo. Munch, crunch. Creep, crawl. A locust swarm can spread as wide as a city!

READ MORE: It’s been a long time since locusts flew into Congo. That nation hasn’t had this many locusts in 70 years. The hungry insects destroy crops and bother people. They hurt pasture land. What can people do? They battle swarms with bug spray. The Bible tells us how God removed all the pesky locusts from Egypt. Exodus 10:19 says, “And the Lord turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt.”