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What are locusts good for?

Biological characteristics and value of locusts: Locusts are both medicinal and edible insects, oviparous, belonging to the order Orthoptera, family Acrididae, class Insecta. According to statistics, there are 859 species of locusts in the family Acrididae, and there are two main types of locusts that can be used as medicine and food, namely the East Asian migratory locust and the Chinese rice locust. These two locusts are rich in nutrition, with soft, tender meat and delicious like shrimp. According to books such as "Research on Migratory Locusts" and "Feed Value of Migratory Locusts", locusts are rich in active substances such as protein, carbohydrates, insect hormones, and contain vitamins A, B, C and trace elements such as phosphorus, calcium, iron, zinc, and manganese. Locusts are not only delicious food, but also a good medicine for treating diseases, with the effects of warming the stomach and ribs, strengthening the spleen and digestion, and dispelling wind and relieving cough. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that locusts can be used alone or in combination to treat a variety of diseases, such as tetanus, infantile convulsions, fever, asthma, sha swell, cormorant plague, frostbite, tracheitis, and prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. You can boil ten of them into a decoction, or fry them and grind them into powder and drink, five per time. For frostbite, fry them and grind them into powder and mix with sesame oil and apply to the affected area.

With the development of society and the continuous improvement of the quality of life, the human table has changed from traditional types such as chicken, duck, fish and meat to green game. Locusts are rich in nutrition, tender in meat, and delicious like shrimp. In Hong Kong and other places, they are known as "flying shrimps" and are a favorite delicacy for people from all over the world. In the United States, "insect banquets" are held to entertain guests, among which locusts are included. According to reports, some patients with obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases currently tend to eat insects in order to achieve the purpose of losing weight and curing diseases. Insect food has become popular in some countries and regions accordingly. Insects are used to cook dishes, or made into canned food, biscuits, ice cream and other foods, which are very popular.

The appearance of locust

Locusts are insects of the family Acrididae and the order Orthoptera. Commonly known as "grasshoppers", there are many species, with more than 10,000 species worldwide. They are distributed in tropical and temperate grasslands and deserts around the world. They have hard mouthparts, narrow and tough forewings that cover the hind wings, which are very thin and suitable for flying. Their hind limbs are well developed and they are good at jumping. They mainly harm plants in the Gramineae family and are agricultural pests.

Chinese name

locust

Latin name

locust

Aliases

Grasshopper

Locusts are extremely numerous and have strong vitality. They can live in various places and are most common in mountainous areas, forests, low-lying areas, semi-arid areas, and grasslands.

Most of them are important pests of crops. They may break out in large numbers during severe droughts, causing disasters to nature and humans.

The larvae can only jump, while the adults can fly and jump. They mostly feed on plants.

The grasshoppers that people often talk about (in a few places, they are all called grasshoppers regardless of size) are just the larvae of locusts, not a separate species.

There is another common insect, grasshopper, also known as grasshopper, also known as grasshopper in northern China, belongs to invertebrate, Insecta, Orthoptera, Acrididae, Tetrigoidea. Commonly known as pole hook, it is often confused with locust larvae.

Herbivorous. They like to eat thick leaves, such as sweet potatoes, water spinach, cabbage, etc.

Developmental period 2

Every summer and autumn is the breeding season. After mating, the female locust inserts the ovipositor into the soil 10 cm deep and lays about 50 eggs. When laying eggs, the female will secrete a white substance to form a cylindrical plug, and then lay the eggs.