Do locust sting

Locust do not sting.

They just like to eat.....alot.

Answers like the one above are why professors from universities don't want their students using Wiki.

Some locust do sting.

There was even an article in the New York Times regarding children dying almost instantly from locust stings. Here is the article heading: The Pest of Seventeen-Year Locusts.; How They Are Overrunning Parts of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia -- Sparrows and Chickens Feeding on Them -- The Noise They Are Making in the Woods -- Will They Finally Disappear?The above person should do their homework before posting their thought-less comments. AND readers should research beyond Wiki before thinking they have found their answers.