Yahya related to me from Malik fromAbdullah ibn Dinar that Abdullah ibn Umar said, ''Umar ibn al-Khattabwas asked about locusts. He said, 'I would like to have a basket ofthem, from which we could eat.' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 49, Hadith 30
Arabic reference: Book 49, Hadith 1704