Desert locusts, a notorious Biblical pest, form some of the largest insect groups in nature and are estimated to threaten the livelihood of one in ten people due to their impact on food security.

After months of building, the biggest locust swarm recorded in 70 years swept across 10 countries in East Africa in spring 2020. The damage to crops was estimated at $8.5 billion (€8.1 billion) in a ...

For example, insects live in a world of smell, decoding the subtle chemical nuances of scent that waft across their antennae. In the case of locusts—the migratory swarming form of certain asocial ...

Locusts boiled in soy sauce and sugar are widely ... Kikuchi knows these are early days, but he is hopeful of establishing a profitable insect brand within three to five years.

the exoskeletons found amongst the abnormally large insect denizens of the Realms provide an alternative means to even the odds. In Nightingale, Chitin (Tier 1 Monarch Locust) is considered a ...