Toxic grasshoppers?

CNN.com - Sudan grasshopper swarm 'kills 11' - Nov. 1, 2003: "The authorities also said 11 people had died from the breathing difficulties. 'The appearance of the epidemic is linked to the unprecedented increase in the grasshopper insects,' the daily quoted the health authorities as saying. Resident Joseph Mogum in Wad Medani, about 110 miles (176 km) southeast of the capital Khartoum, said the grasshoppers gave off a strong smell which caused breathing problems."