#TropicalStorm plus #Earthquake, if I get #Locusts I get #bingo

@nev
Wow what a scene. Moulting renders insects vulnerable. A while back I witnessed how a hornet Vespula germanica chewed on the soft wings of a moulting Egyptian bird grasshoper, Anacridium aegyptium http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91574142

I too wonder why insects have such a weak point. Only social insects, who protect each other, are spared. Others have to dig themselves into crevices, like solitary bees, yet are still subject to predation.

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #Orthoptera #predation #entomology #insects #locusts #wasps #wasplove

@nev
Wow what a scene. Moulting renders insects vulnerable. A while back I witnessed how a hornet Vespula germanica chewed on the soft wings of a moulting Egyptian bird grasshoper, Anacridium aegyptium http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91574142

I too wonder why insects have such a weak point. Only social insects, who protect each other, are spared. Others have to dig themselves into crevices, like solitary bees, yet are still subject to predation.

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #Orthoptera #predation #entomology #insects #locusts #wasps #wasplove

hui, ist ja alle andere als klein, so ein grünes heupferd. jedenfalls so, dass man es keinesfalls einfach als grashüpfer bezeichnen will, laubheuschrecke erscheint weit angemessener.

#krabbeltierchen
#insects
#locusts
#grasshopper

#theatre Mastadon - or those who just like it! My latest play, #Locusts, is in London next month at the #OldRedLionPubTheatre and then @edfringe #edinburghfringe, and in September we’re off to #Madrid.

Come see us if you can!
#play #stage #acting #fringetheatre #playwright #playwriting #london #edinburgh

We aspired to art,
as we stripped Earth of beauty.
Locusts aren't artists.

#haiku #senryu #poem #art #artistry #artists #beauty #sustainability #nature #environment #locusts #earth

Earth To Be Hit by 'Widespread Pest Outbreaks'—And It's Our Fault

by Jess Thomson, June 20, 2023

"Insects around the world are expected to be thrown into chaos by the effects of man-made #ClimateChange. Changes in temperatures may throw off their delicate interactions with plants and other insect species, possibly causing widespread pest outbreaks.

"According to a paper published in the journal Ecology Letters on June 20, increased temperatures from climate change are predicted to impact insect communities and their interactions with the lifecycles of the plants they rely on, possibly leading to the loss of important species in the future.

"'Climate change is going to have multifaceted effects on insect communities and whole ecosystems,' Thomas H.Q. Powell told Newsweek. Powell is a co-author of the paper and an assistant professor of biological sciences at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

"The authors found that the balance between insect species and their predatory #wasps may be thrown off-kilter by climate change, with different species declining or succeeding based on how resilient they are to change. Unfortunately for us, those most resilient are often pest species like #locusts or ips beetles, and the species that control them tend to be less robust."

#ClimateCrisis

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/earth-to-be-hit-by-widespread-pest-outbreaks-and-it-s-our-fault/ar-AA1cPVZr?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=69b0c44fce204d36aab4c394210100cd&ei=8

#Plague of #Locusts in #Afghanistan. https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/6/15/photos-locusts-destroy-afghanistan-crops-amid-severe-food-crisis?sf179138119=1

Chemical #signal protects migratory #locusts from #cannibalism.

#sensing #serotonin #dopamine #genome_editing #phenylacetonitrile #pheromone

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-chemical-migratory-locusts-cannibalism.html

I've always admired creative problem solving in the food & agriculture space! "Breakthrough in Locust Management: A Sustainable Solution Can Save Wildlife While Controlling Swarms." #foodaccess #agriculture #publichealth #locusts https://foodtank.com/news/2023/03/breakthrough-in-locust-management/

Sort of officially finished writing our new #EdFringe play last night. #Locusts, by me and the marvellous Garth McLean, is good to go! #newwriting #writing #writingcommunity #playwriting #gayconversiontherapy

Ecological connectivity.

In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the #sparrows to be killed in #China, because they ate too much grain.

It was a decision that created an even more devastating ecological issue for rice crops.

Sparrows worldwide are natural predators of many #insects, including crop-damaging #locusts. Removing sparrows as the predator in its ecosystem would soon prove devastating for China.

#ecology #ecosystem

https://www.historydefined.net/how-killing-sparrows-led-to-one-of-the-greatest-famines-in-history/

@aaronesilvers Time to batten down the hatches! #locusts

Is there an ETA for #locusts?
What else are we missing?

@breadandcircuses it's called #WordEconomicForum, not #WorldClimateForum or #WorldSustainabilityForum.

Thus they'll act like #locusts and suck the earth dry, planning to flee to Mars once people will unsarcastially want to #EatTheRich out of literal #hunger...

Here we go again. This post is loaded with my trigger words, but got past my #filters.

https://mastodon.nz/@maljam2002/109385510101263869

It was on my "local" feed. I have its hashtags in my filters for both Public and Home. Why do the #locusts get through?

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-08-sex-adapted-color-change-gene-locusts.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2022-08-sex-adapted-color-change-gene-locusts.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1562806266388369408#m

Study identifies sex-adapted color-change gene in #locusts @tamu @PNASNews https://pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2200759119 https://phys.org/news/2022-08-sex-adapted-color-change-gene-locusts.html

RT DH_PlantVillage:

Locusts in Kenya today

https://twitter.com/DH_PlantVillage/status/1362481887617384451

Kenya battles devastating locust infestation:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/kenya-battles-devastating-locust-infestation/vi-BB1dHKhs

Desert Locust situation update:
http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/en/info/info/

2019–2021 locust infestation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932021_locust_infestation

#Locust #Locusts #Swarm #Swarms #LocustSwarm #LocustSwarms #Desert #DesertLocust #Breeding #Infestation #Infested #Kenya #Somalia #Ethiopia #Sudan #Eritrea #Yemen #SaudiArabia #EastAfrica #HornOfAfrica #FoodSecurity #Insecurity #FoodInsecurity

From #CoronaVirus to #Locusts, the people have on Panacea Solution - thanks to #SurenderModi.
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RT @shalabhTOI
Locusts attack residential blocks in Mahanagar area of Lucknow. Residents beating utensils. Police vehicles blare sirens.
https://twitter.com/shalabhTOI/status/1282227494641217537

RT @FFFIndia
#Locustsattack in #India,
Huge swarms of #locusts hit several #indian states, #Rajasthan ,#MadhyaPradesh & #Maharashtra.
Farmers concerned as they pose threat to crops on millions of acres.
#ClimateCrisis caused #locusts #locusts to stay till (1/5)
@Fridays4future @gretathunberg