The Science in the Bible

Entry 86 · Section 9: Living World

The Locust's Four Names

Joel names four successive crop consumers, each eating what the preceding group leaves behind.

Scripture: Joel 1:4; Ex 10:4–19

Entomology

Desert-locust lifecycle showing egg, hopper instars, fledgling, and mature adult; four display positions do not imply four principal biological stages.
Desert-locust lifecycle showing egg, hopper instars, fledgling, and mature adult; four display positions do not imply four principal biological stages.

The question

Can the four Hebrew terms be mapped securely to locust species, stages, or phases?

Why it matters

Developmental stage, behavioral phase, species, and damage description are different labels and should not be collapsed.

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