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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]