UK: Thousands Of Insects Released, Disrupting LGB Alliance Conference In London

Thousands of the insects, including cockroaches, mealworms, and crickets, were released at an LGB Alliance conference at Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster on Friday, October 11. The audience was told to leave after the incident happened. 4 suspects were detained by security and police.

Western U.S. farmers face unprecedented wave of crop-eating insects

STORY: Western U.S. farmers face unprecedented wave of crop-eating insects DATELINE: July 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:18 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mormon crickets STORYLINE: Millions of crop-eating insects called Mormon crickets have hatched in America's West and are threatening to destroy millions of acres of crops. The bugs have swept through Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. The insects are particularly attracted to wheat, safflower and alfalfa fields, and can leave a wake of destruction in their path. The bugs can't fly but can travel long distances by hopping and crawling, and have become an annoyance as they enter buildings and bring with them a rather unpleasant sensation. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Los Angeles, U.S. (XHTV)

Tokyo's Haneda airport holds 70th anniversary event

Tokyo's Haneda airport holds 70th anniversary event

TOKYO, Japan - Staff at Tokyo's Haneda airport blow out birthday candles in a ceremony at the airport to mark its 70th anniversary Aug. 24. Haneda airport opened in 1931 in Tokyo's Ota Ward, and the first flight from the airport carried 6,000 bell and pine crickets for Japanese then living in Dalian, China.

Japanese twins get crickets for 107th birthday

Japanese twins get crickets for 107th birthday

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan's famous twin sisters ''Kin-san'' (C) and ''Gin-san,'' (R), who turned 107 on Aug. 1, receive a birthday gift of crickets from a post office in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 16. Miss Tsushima, Mari Miyazaki (L), handed the gift to Kin-san, or Kin Narita, and Gin-san, or Gin Kanie.

Insect dishes

Insect dishes

Photo taken in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2019, shows Osaka International University associate professor Yukari Nishioka showing insect dishes she developed. Nishioka studies methods of cooking edible insects such as crickets, locusts and cockroaches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese twins get crickets for 107th birthday

Japanese twins get crickets for 107th birthday

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan's famous twin sisters ''Kin-san'' (C) and ''Gin-san,'' (R), who turned 107 on Aug. 1, receive a birthday gift of crickets from a post office in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 16. Miss Tsushima, Mari Miyazaki (L), handed the gift to Kin-san, or Kin Narita, and Gin-san, or Gin Kanie.