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'Desert Locust' is the new fear to most of us, especially the farmers. We hear that Rajasthan,Gujarat, UP & MP sees them in large numbers.
Read this Thread to know about these monstrous feeders and prolific deadly breeders!
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Read this Thread to know about these monstrous feeders and prolific deadly breeders!
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A desert locust are a migratory type of grasshoppers. They can live about three months. The lifecycle has three stages - egg, hopper/ nymph, adult. Eggs laid by adults hatch in two weeks. The hoppers shed their skins, each time when they grow in size. VC Latitude Adventures
Hoppers take about 30-40 days to grow into an adult. Adults mature in about three weeks to nine weeks based on environmental conditions, mainly temperature. That's the crucial point to be noted and the major concern here - temperature. VC Saba Douglas - growing hoppers
This time desert locust attack is severe. They have arrived earlier, in huge numbers & now reached till Panna in MP. The changing climate conditions are linked with locust growth in east Africa. The swarms has potential of eating everything & destroy the crops. This from Panna.
In last two years we r seeing an upsurge in locust swarms. The reason according to experts is Mekunu and Luban cyclonic storms of May and October 2018 in Oman & Yemen. Which created condition for upsurge in population. You see climatic condition has such role in pest production.
According to forecast of FAO; #DesertLocust situation remains extremely serious in HornofAfrica, where new generation of swarms are starting to lay eggs, which coincides with the current planting season.
So if they have born in record numbers they fly eat to have food. Millions.
So if they have born in record numbers they fly eat to have food. Millions.
