The earliest records of entomological warfare are around 2000 years old. That is, the idea of drank enemy soldiers with the help of insects is not new, but different eras and civilizations twisted it in their own way.
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Bee hives were originally used by the Romans for both attack and defense. A huge number of peoples came up with this tactic in the future. The most pulp occurred during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, in the mid-1930s. The Italians used tanks, but Ethiopian guerrillas often threw hives on these tanks. Judge for yourself: if you throw the hive inside the tank, the team will have to leave the car. Even if the hive did not get inside the tank, there were enough slots in the tanks of those times for the enraged bees to harm the tankers.
The award for the most trashy way of fighting with bees goes to the Nigerian people of Tiv. These guys pushed bees inside wooden tubes and blew them into opponents. I have a suspicion that this tactic is not very safe.
And on the territory of Great Britain, there were special nooks in the castles, in which it was easy for bees to nest. In a quiet time, they collected honey, and during a siege, they staged that very scene from Winnie the Pooh.
Scorpion Bombs - The Roman Emperor Severus Septimius fought the Parthians. One of the most important cities in the region was Hatra. The ruler of the city was well aware of the results of the work of the scorpion's sting: a hunt for arachnids was often announced around Hatra, and people were paid with money for killed arthropods.
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Upon learning of the approach of the Roman legions, the inhabitants of the city raked all the scorpions in the area and placed them in earthen vessels. When the Romans tried to climb the walls of the city, they were greeted by jugs filled with swarming and disgruntled animals.
Hatra withstood both attempts by Severus to take the city, and the legionnaires of Rome could not stand the souls of the scorpions.
The bees themselves will soon be used as sappers and bloodhounds for drugs. Recently, these insects have been found to have an excellent sense of smell. Since they are able to count and are very intelligent in comparison with many animals. At the moment, Croatian scientists are trying to teach these insects to look for explosives, and they say that bees have the potential to kill dogs and cars.
Fleas don't seem all that dangerous, especially when compared to scorpions and bees. But in general, the opposite is true - Japan during World War II used fleas as a vector for the spread of plague. After checking the infected fleas for prisoners of war, the Japanese dropped a huge number of special bombs on Chinese territory. This has resulted in the deaths of over 500,000 people.
The Japanese also used flies infected with cholera. But flies lost efficiency to fleas, and therefore were a backup option. Scientists from Detachment 731 came up with both ideas.
Mosquitoes capable of carrying malaria for military purposes were in the plans of Nazi Germany. The research documentation was published 7 years ago. It turned out that the mosquitoes were tested in the Dachau concentration camp. It was planned that the mosquitoes would be spread from aircraft. How the scientists intended to keep their soldiers safe is not entirely clear.
Mosquitoes were tested as carriers of yellow fever in the United States during the Cold War. Since this disease was very rare in the USSR, there was no nationwide vaccination against fever. The military considered this a very promising weapon and intended to spread mosquitoes with special bombs.
But in the end, neither strange bombs nor mosquitoes flew, and thank God.
Cyborg insects have long been developed by scientists for various purposes. Working prototypes exist, and soon many intelligence bureaus will start using literal bugs to spy on and gain information on possible enemies.
The Colorado potato beetle is familiar to anyone who dug potatoes in the country. For war you need soldiers, and soldiers need to be fed. And the Colorado potato beetle is perfect for sending the enemy's agribusiness to the trash can. The Nazis put their experiments on the bugs, but it is not known whether it came to use.
Caterpillars were used by the United States in the war on drugs in order to destroy coca crops. 6.5 million dollars were poured into the program in the 90s. The United States wanted to shower the Peruvian cartels with gluttonous caterpillars, and everything was developed in general: a breeding station, delivery methods and much more. In 2002, state entomologists were hired to find a vector for the spread of a virus that harms sleeping pills. Sleeping poppy is used to make opioids, including heroin.