Broken Antler Fen Creepy Crawlers

Kareja stepped forward after the others, she was training for a Naturalist trade. She knew quite a bit about many species including insects to the huge moose. 

"They're right, these are locusts. They were once grasshoppers but an abundance of vegetation were they came from allowed them to go through many generations of breeding rather quickly as insects have short lifespans. They evolved rapidly into locusts and due to their large numbers will continue from place to place in search of enough plant life to sustain their swarms. Once they run out they will mostly die. Those left will once more become grasshoppers." 

Kareja moved back after her small speech. She kept her eyes down, happy she hadn't stuttered. She hoped no one thought she was a know it all for spewing out so much about the insects.