Did the Eruption of Thera Cause the Biblical Ten Plagues?

African locusts (the notorious ones) have long, irregular cycles. I’m sure that the AGW/global warming/climate change hoaxters have their usual really convincing explanations for large outbreaks.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200806-the-biblical-east-african-locust-plagues-of-2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_migratory_locust#Plagues

All locusts are crickets, but not all crickets are locusts.

In North America, there are long-cycle cicadas but as in all species there are some jerks who mess up and start eating out of turn. As agricultural pests go I don’t think they’re much to worry about. Cicadas are found in much of the world, as far as I know. And in The Iliad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada#As_pests

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