At the beginning of 2020, when we talked about bats as the disseminators of novel coronavirus, there was another species that was rampant abroad, which made people shudder, and that was locusts. These seemingly fragile arthropods originated in Kenya and Ethiopia in northeast Africa and crossed the Red Sea in the South Asian subcontinent to Pakistan and India. We don't know where they will go in the future. The destructive power it brings to passing countries may be more appropriate in the words of FAO officials. This locust plague is the worst disaster in East Africa in the past 25 years, and what attracts people's attention is its strength. The plague of locusts has also become an ambassador for peace in India and Pakistan. Due to historical reasons, Pakistan and India, as sworn enemies, have serious differences on the ownership of Kashmir.

In addition, last year, India unilaterally announced the abolition of Kashmir's status and declared that Kashmir's jurisdiction was under India's jurisdiction, which also led to conflicts between Pakistan and India. According to statistics, Pakistan has more than 200,000 soldiers in the border areas, while India is even better, with a scale of 700,000. However, under the cover of this locust plague, the grain-producing areas in Rajasthan, India suffered serious losses under the ravages of as many as 360 million locusts, which directly affected the logistics supply of more than 700,000 soldiers stationed in the border areas. It is the so-called military forces that have not moved food and grass first, which forced Modi, who played an important role in the India-Pakistan dispute, to stand up and call on India and Pakistan to take action. It was the first time that the Indian army did not take the initiative to fire.

Who would have thought that this would be a plague of locusts, which would make the two sides temporarily cease fire? The plague of locusts has a long history. According to the history of famine in China, it happened every 1.6 years in Yuan Dynasty and every 2.8 years in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is the highest in China. This world. But little is known about ancient locust plagues and locust plagues in China. Only through observation can droughts and locust plagues occur frequently. The main cause of this locust plague in East Africa actually has a lot to do with drought, but it is different from China. The species of locust plague is desert locust in the vast desert of Africa. The climate is very dry and the vegetation is relatively scarce, which also leads to the occurrence of desert locust plague.