locust numbers decrease either by natural mortality or through migration. Swarms of desert locusts have been recorded in the region for centuries, but unusual weather conditions in the last five years have created strong cyclones and heavy rains in the Arabian Peninsula, triggered higher than normal...
More swarms are expected to cross the border until September. The province has been using drones and pesticide to kill the swarms. (Cover image via video screenshot) (If you want to contribute and have specific expertise, please contact us at nature@cgtn.com)RELATED...
Locust plagues threaten agricultural and environmental safety throughout the world1,2. Aggregation pheromones have a crucial role in the transition of locusts from a solitary form to the devastating gregarious form and the formation of large-scale swarms
Chronic, localized curtailment of incipient outbreaks is used to prevent large-scale population increases, while acute, large-scale treatments of hopper bands and adult swarms are used to suppress upsurges and plagues. Given the reproductive capacity and mobility of these insects, international ...
“We know that cyclones are the originators of swarms - and in the past 10 years, there’s been an increase in the frequency of cyclones in the Indian Ocean,” Cressman tells Reuters. Eight cyclones occurred in 2019. “Normally there’s none, or maybe one. So this is very unusual," ...
“gregarious phase”, by grouping into bands and forming swarms that can travel great distances (up to 150 km daily), while eating up every bit of vegetation on the way. If not controlled at the right time, these insect swarms can threaten the food security of countries. Kenya is already...
On July 9, the Forestry and Grassland Administration of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province disclosed that swarms of yellow-spined bamboo locusts invaded from the China-Laos border,
For thousands of years, large locust swarms have caused severe problems in agriculture. People fight against current outbreaks by using chemical pesticides