ABOUT LOCUSTS.

Yes, we have heard about locusts so many times. We call them "NZIGE" in our local language.

We study about them in science as some of the pests that eat our crops.  They undergo incomplete metamorphosis . They are so dangerous indeed. These days they are not so common in our area because people spray them especially farmers when they come. When they come they can eat every green plant they come across. I know of only one plant they cannot eat because it is so bitter. Actually I do not know that plant in English but in Luganda, it is called "OMULULUZA".

Yes, it is true that they migrate through Africa. Our teacher told us that because most parts of Africa never get winter, the climate is suitable for their life.  So many years back, those locusts migrated from Democratic Republic of Congo into Uganda but many of them died as they tried to cross the Albert Lake in Uganda and this lake was named "MUTANZIGE" . The word "Mutanzige" means "killer of the locusts."

Many people who have not  gone to school cannot know much about locusts and other pests.

What other pests do you study about? At our school we study about many pests like Locusts, Grasshoppers, ants, termites, caterpillars and many others. 

By NAMUDDU NEVIA and NAMULINDE DENISE.