Talk:Locust
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Repeated Paragraphs
[edit]The first paragraph of this page is nearly the same exact paragraph under the "Swarming grasshoppers" section. The first paragraph has no citations besides the Latin etymology for locust. It seems like a mistake to have nearly the same exact information twice in the same page. Orbalorb (talk) 20:26, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
- The lead is a summary of the text, and as such is always a repetition. Citations are not normally repeated for the lead. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:11, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
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