akridophagoi

Updated: May 23, 2025

Also they are, like the akridophagoi whom Agatharchides places on their coast, large consumers of locusts when in season; they catch them only when they have reached the flying stage, and roast them in the ashes. We often saw clouds of locusts in this district, devouring all the scanty herbage and literally filling the air.

J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent - Southern Arabia