This time, the locusts came menacingly and ate an amazing amount, which did great harm to the ecological environment of agriculture and forestry. There are many kinds of locusts, and this time the locusts are desert locusts. ? They have a devastating impact on the environment, because this kind of grasshopper is very huge, with the number as high as 654.38+0 billion. It only takes 6-8 hours to eat a pasture. ? An official from Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture said. Due to the rapid migration of locusts, many countries may face the crisis of food shortage. FAO also warned that the scope of this locust plague may be further expanded, bringing about a humanitarian crisis.
Both adults and nymphs of locusts can chew the stems and leaves of plants with developed chewing mouthparts. Good at flying and jumping, a pair of tentacles in the head are organs that combine smell and touch. Its chewing mouthparts have a pair of developed jaws with teeth, which can bite off the stems and leaves of plants. When I was a child, I knew that locusts ate crops very badly. In China's early animation "Without Words", I once interpreted the poor life of the people after the locusts crossed the border. China hates locusts. The speed at which they eat crops from the forest is really amazing. It's no exaggeration.
It is precisely because we know the seriousness of locusts that countries have started the nervous alert mode. According to media reports, some locust swarms in East Africa have begun to lay eggs and will hatch in early February. It is expected that a new locust swarm will be formed in early April. This makes neighboring countries feel more afraid. Fortunately, according to Professor Zhang Long, the plague of locusts is unlikely to spread to China.