Talk:Rocky Mountain locust

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[edit] Infectious disease

Isn't it possible that this social insect was driven to extinction through the introduction of an infectious disease from the Eastern Hemisphere to which it had no immunity? Bigturtle 21:38, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cost to crops

Is the "$200 million in crop damage" cost in 1870s dollars, or today's? Lordhatrus 03:40, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I expect 1870 dollars; $200m in 2007 dollars over 4 years doesn't sound much for 27.5 million ton swarms. FiggyBee 01:38, 4 October 2007 (UTC)