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In apocalyptic scenes caught on camera, millions of the horrifying insects have emerged from the heavens – ruining agriculture and causing traffic chaos.

Drivers are forced to swerve to avoid the swarm of beasts in Dagestan, Russia.

Officials say at least 10% of the country’s southern farmland has been destroyed and air strikes have been set up to disrupt the creepy crawlies.

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture declared a state of emergency but seem powerless to combat the locusts.

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Every year swarms from north Africa attack the south of the country, feeding on crops.

But this year locals think the unusually warm weather has caused millions more than usual to turn up.

Farmers have started fires to stop the insects, which can eat their own body weight in food every day.

In the video clip – captured this month – the Moroccan Locusts darken the sky as they swoop over the filmmaker’s camera.

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Local officials say it's the worst locust swarm the area has seen in over 30 years.

Farmer Pyotr Stepanchenka – from the Stavropol region, southern Russia, said he was distraught.

“There is nothing left of the corn,” he told CNN.

“The locusts ate it all, from the leaves to the cobs.”

Last month another swarm was so massive that it completely blocked out sunlight.

And one family in Poland were interrupted attempting to have a barbecue by a swarm of millions of mosquitos.