#locusts

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Today locusts are most commonly thought of as a biblical plague, but in fact swarms of them occur almost every year in Africa, North America, Asia, and Australia. The largest swarm ever recorded occurred in Kenya in 1954; it covered 200 sq km (77 sq mi), and the population was estimated about 10 billion individuals!

(Image: A desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) by Mourad Harzallah)

If you send me proof that you’ve made a donation to UNRWA or another fund benefiting Palestinians– including esim donations and verified gofundmes– I’ll make art of any animal of your choosing.

#locusts #Orthoptera #Acrididae #swarming grasshoppers #short-horned grasshoppers #grasshoppers #insects #arthropods #uncharismatic facts

[cuties-in-codices]

the locusts from the abyss

illustration from an anglo-norman prose apocalypse, england, c. 1315–25

source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Selden supra 38, fol. 69r

#14th century #apocalypse #locusts #apocalypse of st. john #hybrids #plagues

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 2 - Insects. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1984.

Internet Archive

1.) Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)

2.) Blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens)

3.) Cylindracheta sp.

#bugs #insects #grasshoppers #locusts #desert locust #blue-winged grasshopper #sandgropers

[ljsbugblog]

hedge locusts are one of my favourite insects ever, I think. In addition to being Australia's largest species of grasshopper, they're also super chill and easy to handle.

Ive found that holding them upside down helps them feel more safe and less likely to jump away lol.

Hedge Locust (Valanga irregularis).

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #insects #orthoptera #grasshoppers #locusts #acrididae #valanga #valanga irregularis #hedge locust #giant grasshopper

[ultimatebugpoll]

ROUND 1 OF THE TUMBLR INSECT POLL

#bugblr #entomology #entymology #insect #coleoptera #beetle #weevils #orthoptera #grasshoppers #locusts #crickets

[moon-valley-drive]

#gavlebocken #gavle goat #poll #tumblr polls #frogs #locusts #doom #horrific fate

[mapsontheweb]

Geographic distribution of locust swarms that cause massive crop damage in Africa, especially in recent years.

by @BjnNowak

#maps #twittersourced #BjnNowak #africa #locusts

[drinksss]

#artists on tumblr #the binding of isaac #tboi #tboisecretsanta #tboi apollyon #tboi keeper #tboi greed #locust #locusts #demon #angel

[shepherds-of-haven]

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a swarm of locusts has swarmed upon the Shepherds compound. what will they do?

Blade: he basically just ignores it unless it really disrupts operations, in which case he'll calmly consult with the Mages of the Order to see what can be done, just like with any work inconvenience that isn't a direct threat!

Trouble: he tries to be helpful by engineering some sort of pyrotechnical solution that ends with clouds of burning locusts swarming everywhere and posing a way bigger threat than if he'd just left them alone 😭

Tallys: she finds the whole ordeal unpleasant but she's not going to fault the locusts for that! she basically tries to go about her business with composure but definitely sports a long-suffering grimace of distaste while she does it

Shery: she's borderline-hysterical but tries to keep it together and tries to get as much work done from the safety of her bedroom/staying exclusively indoors until the problem passes 😭

Riel: he's very annoyed by this but even more annoyed by the fact that it's somehow fallen on him to prevent/rein in Trouble's arson-leaning ideas. this is just an overall headache for him and he's very grumpy about it, especially because he can't work with all of the shrieking recruits screeching intermittently outside of his office

Chase: he's amused and takes the whole thing in stride--they're just bugs! he likes catching them in jars and releasing them on unsuspecting occupants in like the library or something like that

Red: "this is fine :)"

(No it's not. One of his biggest fears is flying insects leaping at his face so while he tries to act like this is fine and it doesn't bother him in the least and he absolutely does not shriek like a little girl whenever a big-ass locust comes lunging at him, he absolutely makes himself scarce and discreetly dives headfirst into a "very important project" that will conveniently keep him squirreled away in the Order's lower levels until this crisis is over)

Ayla: 😒🙄 she thinks everyone is being entirely overdramatic about this. they're just bugs. wtf are you screaming about, recruits?? they can't hurt you, see?? *snatches a locust out of the air with her bare hand and crushes it, horrifying everyone around her*

Briony: initially she's trying to laugh it off, like this is all a huge lark, no big deal, it's kind of fun, we can pretend the world is ending and have a fun apocalyptic fantasy role-play, this isn't a problem! (🥹) then she walks outside trying to act like nothing's wrong and a locust lands on her cheek and it's like

her screams are by far the loudest and she spends the rest of the crisis shuttered away in shame over her false bravado 😔

Lavinet: okay. look. she absolutely does not want to lean into the stereotype of the spoiled pampered noble that everyone thinks she is... she can handle mud! she can handle filth and grime and training until your muscles lock up and your callouses bleed! in her heart, she wants to prove to everyone that she's tough and that you can't expect her to fold and scream like a silly damsel in distress!

but at the same time. absolutely fuck that noise. she books a hotel room, hops in her coach, and gets tf out of dodge until someone else deals with this problem

#Shepherds of Haven #silly #all characters #hypothetical scenario #locust #locusts

[kino-zoo]

Days of Heaven (1979)

#locusts #American cinema #Terrence Malick

[drbarty]

An east wind brought swarms of locusts into Egypt, covering the sun, and devouring everything green that had escaped the hail and previous plagues.

#dr barty vs the plagues of egypt #locusts #plague doctor #plaguecore #passover #jewish #i looked up what an egyptian locust looks like

[cuties-in-codices]

the locusts from the bottomless pit

"The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months." - Revelation 9:7-10 (NKJV)

miniature in the "bamberg apocalypse", illuminated manuscript, lake constance region, c. 1000-1020

source: Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc.Bibl.140, fol. 23r

#11th century #medieval art #bamberg apocalypse #bamberger apokalypse #locusts #revelation #apocalypse #hybrids

[antiqueanimals]

Acrididae sp. The Natural History of Insects; In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1835.

Internet Archive

#bugs #insects #grasshoppers #locusts

[ljsbugblog]

a young Hedge Locust, still many instars away from resembling their giant adult form.

Hedge Locust, nymph (Valanga irregularis).

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #insects #macro #orthoptera #acrididae #grasshoppers #locusts #short-horned grasshoppers #valanga #valanga irregularis #hedge locust #giant grasshopper

[adobe-outdesign]

So, are Grasshoppers and Locusts the same thing? Or is there some kind of difference?

A locust is a specific species of grasshopper that basically become a hive mind in the right condition and swarm in large numbers. So all locusts are grasshoppers but not all grasshoppers are locusts.

#entomology #grasshoppers #locusts

[nysocboy]

A New Episode 3.9 Queer Code: Holding Hands amid the Locusts

You may think that we don't need more queer codes after the Episode 3.8 Kelvin/Keefe kiss, but we do. The kiss was important, but by no means the only queer code necessary to chart the Kelvin/Keefe relationship. There's another code, hard to see and probably unscripted, during the Episode 3.9 locust scene.

As the locusts invade the studio, everyone scatters to look for their loved ones. Kelvin moves to his right, toward the reserved seats where Keefe was sitting.

Apparently they miss each other. Keefe wanders behind the set, looking for Kelvin. He is overcome by the locusts and collapses. Coincidentally, he is behind someone who was killed by a falling spotlight.

Kelvin pushes his way behind the set, sees the collapsed Keefe, thinks that he is injured or dead, yells "No!"

He rushes over. Keefe yells "Go!", but Kelvin says "I got you," and covers them with his heavy wool cloak.

The next shots are hard to see, but it looks like Kelvin is holding the cloak over them on either side of Keefe's head (directly below him, screaming). Keefe's right arm is visible just left of the cloak; he is holding Kelvin's hand. His left hand is holding onto Kelvin's thigh.

As the locusts invade the studio, everyone scatters to look for their loved ones. Kelvin moves to his right, toward the reserved seats where Keefe was sitting.

Apparently they miss each other. Keefe wanders behind the set, looking for Kelvin. He is overcome by the locusts and collapses. Coincidentally, he is behind someone who was killed by a falling spotlight.

Kelvin pushes his way behind the set, sees the collapsed Keefe, thinks that he is injured or dead, yells "No!"

He rushes over. Keefe yells "Go!", but Kelvin says "I got you," and covers them with his heavy wool cloak.

The next shots are hard to see, but it looks like Kelvin is holding the cloak over them on either side of Keefe's head (directly below him, screaming). Keefe's right arm is visible just left of the cloak; he is holding Kelvin's hand. His left hand is holding onto Kelvin's thigh.

This may seem like a trivial detail, but in fact, as a queer code, holding hands is as undeniable as kissing. Platonic pals just don't do it, except in stylized ways like prayer circles.

In three seasons, the guys held hands only twice, both times during symbolic death-resurrection scenarios. They are as important as the kiss in establishing them as a romantic couple: "even death won't part us now."

#the righteous gemstones #kelvin gemstone #kelvin x keefe #keefe chambers #gay couple #queer code #holding hands #locusts #resurrection