The insects, Mitton says, were swarming close to 2 months too early that year.
As photographers swarmed in close, Spieth tried to shoo them away.
"If we can control this zone, we can break the cycle," said Mr. Boudarine, who added that the two sides were now in telephone contact and that both had vowed to treat swarms close to the border, like the one that was devouring the fruit trees near Ich (pronounced ish).
As a bulldozer pushed the fresh garbage up into a wave that crested and broke across the older landfill, the pickers rushed over it, swarming dangerously close to the vehicles.
Iran has two navies: a traditional force of large older ships and a rival one run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps that consists of fast-attack speedboats with high-powered machine guns and crews that employ guerrilla tactics, including swarming perilously close to American warships.
After they got away, police officers and soldiers swarmed the state, closing many roads as they searched for the fugitives, El Sol de Zacatecas, a local newspaper, reported.
Officers from the Fifth Precinct in Manhattan and from nearby 1 Police Plaza swarmed onto the bridge, closing all traffic for the better part of an hour.
The potential drops when the swarm approaches the point of convergence, but increases if the swarm remains close to a point that is not a local optimum, meaning that the swarm charges potential and continues its movement.
As the Swedes swarmed forward, there was another close call thanks to the creativity of Schelin, who freed herself and got a shot away, but a combination of Beattie and Fay saw off the threat.
In the late afternoon, when the swarm is close to settling for the night, the teams race after the locusts in an effort that Mr. Cressman compares to tornado chasing.
