InsectView

The sibling pair of aspiring entomologists Dante and Mia Centuori take a closer look at the sometimes annoying, often entertaining, and always interesting creatures known as insects. Insect View will cover a host of insect related topics, from specific species to fascinating stories. Sit back, relax, and enjoy learning about insects from the comforts of your own home, where there are significantly less mosquitoes.

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The Rocky Mountian Locust

October 10, 2022 • Dante and Mia Centuori • Episode 19

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The Rocky Mountain Locust is responsible for what is the largest locust swarm in recorded US history. In 1874 the swarm emerged from the rocky mountains and swept across the Midwest, blocking out the sun and covering entire states, leaving farms completely stripped of vegetation. Learn all about the 1874 swarm, and the insect that it was composed of, on this episode of Insectview!

Sources:
https://books.google.com/books?id=kSU4AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA25#v=onepage&q=caloptenus&f=false

The fate of the Rocky Mountain locust, Melanoplus spretus Walsh: implications for conservation biology ( Jeffrey A. Lockwood )

https://www.hcn.org/issues/243/13695

https://www.historynet.com/1874-the-year-of-the-locust/#:~:text=In%201874%20some%20120%20billion,great%20Western%20migration%20of%20Americans.