#locusts

Ravenous locust swarm. The population of an old pear-tree. 1870.

Spur throat locust, the stripe pattern on their legs is stunning in my opinion!

Female Common Green Darner dragonfly, I can’t believe she let me hold her like this!

Chestnut Weevil! Absolute sweetheart, kept flying off of me and then landing back on me.

American Dagger Moth caterpillar! Didn’t touch this one, they’re venomous!

Those are all of my pictures of last year’s “creepy crawlies” (aside from the ones I couldn’t ID) I’m very excited for the bugs this year!!

the locusts from the bottomless pit

illustration from the val-dieu apocalypse, normandy, c. 1320-30

Locusts from Kalisz

"Anno 1749: Such a Locust fell a mile from Kalisz, two of which were caught ... this one, when taken in hand, screeched like a bat, and foamed yellow from its mouth, it was all hairy, like velvet, Death on its chest, two hairy legs and squirrel teeth, etc."

“Locusts shall consume all your trees and the produce of your land.”