Locusts Swarm South, Devouring Flora
From Times Wire Reports
Millions of locusts swarmed through southern Israel, devouring crops and flowers in the first such invasion since 1959.
Residents of Eilat, on the Red Sea, reported clouds of locusts, some as long as 4 inches, eating palm trees bare and wiping out entire gardens.
Some Israelis as well as laborers from Thailand, where locusts are a delicacy, made the best of the outbreak by collecting the insects and taking them home for dinner. The locust is the only insect that is considered kosher under Jewish dietary law.
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