Tunisia has brought under control, a desert locust infestation in the south of the country, treating more than 21,000 ...

Alert governments try to kill the larvae with insecticides before ... but right now there is plenty of other vegetation for the locusts to eat. An adult desert locust can consume its weight ...

BRUSSELS — Locusts were added to the European Union ... insect was safe for humans to eat after the dried yellow mealworm larvae of beetle tenebrio molitor was authorized in June.

That ranking is apt. Today, Schistocerca gregaria, also known as the desert locust, is considered the most dangerous migratory pest in the world. Measured by the volume of foliage consumed ...

Vast swarms of desert locusts that tore through East Africa and beyond earlier this year are breeding again, with a second wave of insects now threatening food supplies and livelihoods.