Xinle Kang

Aug 23, 2023 | science.org | Sarah Hoy |Josh Peters |Runzi Sun |Xinle Kang

MATERIALS AND METHODSMigratory locusts (Locusta migratoria) from a colony maintained at the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences were reared in our laboratory under an L14:D10 photoperiod at 30° ± 2°C with a diet of fresh wheat seedlings and bran as previously reported (10). Gregarious nymphs were reared in cages (40 cm by 40 cm by 40 cm) with 500 insects per cage.