Posted on 07/27/2020 2:11:06 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
As if 2020 hasn’t thrown enough curveballs already, desert locusts are setting off a global panic.
From Kenya to Pakistan to, most recently, Argentina, locust swarms have been on the move. The infestation is most advanced in East Africa, which is experiencing the worst locust outbreak in generations.
There’ve been six major locust plagues in the last century, one of which lasted nearly 13 years, according to the U.N. But the current infestation in East Africa is technically an upsurge, as defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization. Depending on locust control efforts and favorable breeding conditions in terms of moisture and soil, the upsurge could spread even further and get upgraded to a plague.
A locust can eat about 2 grams of food in a day. So, a New York City-sized swarm can devour the same amount of food consumed in a day by everyone in New York and California combined, presenting a serious problem: Nearly 5 million people in East Africa could face starvation this summer.
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Living in the rural south we see plenty of grasshoppers each year. My chickens and goats love them. Nice food supply that I don’t have to provide them. It frees up more money for ammo.
Bring back spraying of DDT.
I kind of look at locusts, rain/floods, volcanoes as God sending a message.
Marxist traitors running amok looting, burning, killing...the Devil’s handiwork.
Trump’s fault, of course.
My response to the Main Stream Media.
And I should give a sh!t, WHY?
South America is another region hit with locust swarms.
DDT
DDT
” What kind of mask do I need to wear, and how much toilet paper do I need to stock up on? Oh yeah,,,,what’s my locusts stimulus check gonna be? “
Perfect!
[ I think it’s the OTHER guy who has been busy. ]
Well, his false prophet is out of office. So he’s had to work through Hillary, Chuck and Nancy lately (mostly). Oh, and Jerry Nadler.
Not global. Crops are doing great in the U.S.A. with perfect growth and production.
Wear any kind of mask over your mouth and nose. If you make less than $75,000 a year, you’ll receive $1,200 for buying toilet paper. ;D
please add me to your list.
Yes... Maranatha!
Time to open up the Roasted Locust stands and offer chocolate/coffee/cinnamon and other flavors...
Depends on the part of the country you are in.
There’s a lot of drought in the west/midwest.
I hope that was sarcasm.
Seeds grow plants. Insects come from eggs.
Eggs usually require a specific window of temperature to remain viable,and the nymphs that emerge usually have to eat within an hour or two after hatching in order to survive.
Locusts from mailed eggs is, to be polite, a less than plausible idea.
Oh, locusts are usually just regular grasshoppers that undergo both a massive behavioural and physical change when they are in massive groups.
Look it up, it’s really interesting.
Now when I see grasshoppers, they creep me out.
I think I’m going to start stepping on them and squashing them.
Yeah, but leave it to our government to try in vain to feed the world at our expense.
We’re having a great summer and we should be preparing for the worst, because if there’s a global food shortage, it WILL affect us.
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