And there hasn't been a bloom like this one for a century. The periods of boom in Death Valley are short, but they're just frequent enough to keep life ticking over. A sudden flush of vegetation is what every desert dweller waits for, and when it happens they must make the most of it. There is no other species on the planet that responds as quickly and as dramatically to the good times as the desert locust. Eggs that have remained in the ground for 20 years begin to hatch. The young locusts are known as hoppers, for at this stage they're flightless. They find new feeding grounds by following the smell of sprouting grass.


这里没有这样的景象，已经一个世纪了。死谷的繁荣是短暂的，但只要它出现，生命就可以延续下去。植物突然繁茂生长是沙漠所有的动物都翘首期盼的，没有其它任何物种对这种美好时光的反应速度。比沙漠蝗虫更快，在土地上等待了20年的虫卵开始孵化。蝗虫幼虫称为若虫，暂时它们还不会飞，它们通过嗅到嫩草气味，找到新的食物。