And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. Notorious creatures with a long history of unfavorable interactions with human-kind.
Every continent possesses locusts.
Often trapped by the millions in layers several feet thick. Melanoplus spretus the Rocky Mountain Locust. And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out they rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. Biblical references to insects and other arthropods. Evans, H.E. 1978.