Rise of the Nymphs
Only a couple of days after we polished off their parents (for our delicious locust tortilla recipe please click here) little locust nymphs started hatching, repopulating the locust tank. This […]
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Entomophagic Dinner – Locust Tortillas
It’s finally dinnertime. The locust tank is empty save for the eggs tubs of dirt and sand – we’ve euthanised the female locusts for our first entomophagy-at-home experience (they’ve joined […]
Harvest – Phase One (It’s almost Dinner Time)
The locusts have been going to town laying eggs over the past week, and it’s crunch time. I decided to harvest the adult locusts, starting with the males (the females […]
Time to change it up
It’s been two weeks since my last post, and I’m still waiting for the female locusts to lay eggs (I’ve got one possible egg burrow so far but it’s slow […]
The fifth instar – lifecycle of the locust
Most of my locusts are ‘thirds and fourths’ – they’re nymphs that have moulted three or four times. Each moulting stage is known as an instar, and like many other […]
More on the tank – my locust set-up
As I’ve mentioned previously, this is a trial and error type project – I’m adapting my design as I go to optimise the locusts’ home and encourage successful breeding. So […]
The Tank – Preparing a Home for Orthoptera
Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, which includes grasshoppers, crickets, weta and locusts. The insect I’ve decided to focus on is the locust – Locusta migratoria to […]
