Can desert locusts eat? Can I enter China?

Not long ago, 360 billion desert locusts from Africa have arrived in Pakistan and India, close to China. This kind of locust has strong fecundity, so it is very difficult to prevent and control. Some people began to propose to solve the problem by eating. Can desert locusts eat? Can I enter China?

I. introduction of desert locusts:

1. Are desert locusts poisonous?

Desert locusts are poisonous. Especially after swarms of locusts take off, toxins will increase. When in danger, desert locusts will secrete acetonitrile, which is highly toxic. After locusts die, they will be transformed into another substance hydrocyanic acid, also known as hydrogen cyanide. The clinical manifestation of acute hydrogen cyanide poisoning is that the patient exhaled bitter almond smell. The main manifestations of mild poisoning were chest tightness, palpitation, accelerated heart rate, headache, nausea, vomiting and blurred vision. The main manifestations of severe poisoning were deep coma, shallow and rapid breathing, paroxysmal convulsions, and even tonic spasms.

2. What do desert locusts eat to grow up?

Desert locusts eat a wide range of edible cotton, alfalfa, all kinds of beans, wheat, barley, corn, flax, tobacco, tomatoes, potatoes, melons (melons, watermelons, cucumbers, etc.). It also feeds on camel thorns and other labial families of wild plants, as well as wild and cultivated woody plants, such as grapes, almonds, apricots, cherries, almonds, mulberries, oranges, dates, figs, pomegranates, papayas and other trees.

Can desert locusts eat?

Farmed desert locusts can be eaten, but not directly. Generally speaking, locusts that have just hatched have no toxins and can be eaten, but if they are swarms of locusts after taking off, the toxins will increase and are not suitable for consumption. Because desert locusts carry viruses, when in danger, desert locusts secrete clumsy acetonitrile, which is highly poisonous. after locusts die, they will be transformed into another substance hydrocyanic acid, also known as hydrogen cyanide. The clinical manifestation of acute hydrogen cyanide poisoning is that patients exhale with obvious taste of bitter apricot kernels, and mild poisoning is mainly characterized by chest tightness, palpitations, rapid heart rate, headache, nausea, vomiting and blurred vision. The main manifestations of severe poisoning were deep coma, shallow and rapid breathing, paroxysmal convulsions, and even tonic spasms. It was used as a gas bomb in World War II.

Desert locusts are a medicine in themselves. It can be used in pharmaceuticals, and locusts in different mature stages are used differently and processed differently. Scorpion centipedes are more poisonous and can also be used as drugs. As long as you use the right method.

Can desert locusts enter China?

Desert locusts may enter China. In view of the barrier between the Kunlun Mountains and the Himalayas in China's border areas, it is difficult for locusts to cross high-altitude cold areas, a person in charge of the planting Management Department of China's Ministry of Agriculture and villages said on the 16th.

"judging from the current plague of locusts in China's neighboring Pakistan and India, they are mainly newly hatched weak insects that cannot cross the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for the time being. Even though after a period of time, adults may fly to Xizang, Xizang's high altitude will not have much impact on China's agriculture." Zhang Zehua said.

Zhang Zehua said that according to previous migration routes, locust swarms that began in Africa this year will still arrive in Pakistan and India in May and June and will further spread across India, Bangladesh and after merging with locally hatched locusts. At that time, coinciding with the Chinese monsoon season, locusts may enter Yunnan with the monsoon.

"in the past, the prevention and control of locust plague only focused on China's north gate and west gate, but now we need to add the south gate." Zhang Zehua said that the rampant and migratory route of desert locusts reminds China of the need to strengthen monitoring of the plague of locusts in the southwest border area, timely detection, and strengthen research on the prevention and control methods of desert locusts, a species of locusts that have not been plagued in China. to nip the plague of locusts in the bud, and at the same time strengthen international cooperation.

At present, the Chinese authorities have paid close attention to the locust plague raging around the world, and proposed that they will closely follow the trend of locust plague abroad, and arrange professional and technical personnel for plant protection to strengthen locust monitoring in border areas, strictly guard against the harm caused by overseas desert locusts, and make comprehensive preparations for locust prevention and control at home and abroad. In addition, according to the monitoring and dispatching analysis of China's Ministry of Agriculture and villages, the harm probability of desert locusts to China is very small, and the risk of large-scale outbreak of locusts is low.

In short, desert locusts cannot be eaten and may enter China, so our country should also begin to take prevention and control measures ahead of time.