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== Swarms of locust == | |||
[[Image:Swarms of locust.jpg|170px|thumb|left|Swarms of locust]] | |||
The locus brings big disaster during harvest time. The locus appears with thundering sound and covers the sky. When the locus passes by crop field, everything is gone and nothing is left after the locus storm. Small swarm of locust eats food about 2500 people consumes food a day. Farmers try to prevent damages by the locus storm, but wiping out the locus is not easy work for them. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/8cf2ca21d2d637760cbbc98f6e1e13d5.htm] | |||
One of examples by the swarms of locust was written in the Bible. Exodus 10:12-15 said, “''And the LORD said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts will swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.' So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.”'' | |||
== Edible Insect Orthoptera == | |||
In this world, about 3600 species are edible insects and Orthoptera are one of examples. The Orthoptera were eaten for food and medical use. (The grasshoppers, locus, and crickets are the major edible insects from Orthoptera.). The grasshoppers have lots of proteins (about 64 percent), so they are very high nourishing meal. (Also, they contain lots of vitamin A, iron content, and Karyotin.) They conserve lots of nutrition that other food sources do not have, so they are good for old people and growing children. Japanese people eat the grasshoppers and bee larvae with soy sauce and those are favorite dish in Japan. | |||
[http://nationalzoo.si.edu/publications/zoogoer/2005/4/edibleinsects.cfm] | |||
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Image:Katydid.jpg|Common true katydid (''Pterophylla camellifolia'') Family:[[Tettigoniidae]] | Image:Katydid.jpg|Common true katydid (''Pterophylla camellifolia'') Family:[[Tettigoniidae]] | ||
Image:Example.jpg|Alpine grasshopper (''Miramella alpina'') Family:Acrididae | Image:Example.jpg|Alpine grasshopper (''Miramella alpina'') Family:Acrididae | ||
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== Related References == | == Related References == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthoptera Orthoptera] Wikipedia | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthoptera Orthoptera] Wikipedia | ||
* | * [http://www.earthlife.net/insects/orthopta.html Grasshoppers and Crickets (Orthoptera)] The Earth Life | ||
* | * [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/8cf2ca21d2d637760cbbc98f6e1e13d5.htm New locust swarms threaten crop harvests] Reuters AlertNet | ||
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2010:12-15&version=31 Exodus 10:12-15] Biblegateway | |||
* [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/publications/zoogoer/2005/4/edibleinsects.cfm Edible Insects] Smithsonian National Zoological Park | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
