Explore: Desert Locust Populations

The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a species of locust, a periodically swarming, short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. They are found

over a few weeks. Locusts in the gregarious phase differ in morphology and development. In the desert locust and the migratory locust, for example, the

are referred to as 'locusts' in the vernacular, including the widely distributed desert locust. At 6.5 Gbp, the migratory locust possesses one of the

Between June 2019 and February 2022, a major outbreak of desert locusts began developing, threatening food supplies in East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula

arthropods, have successfully made their homes in the desert. Flies, beetles, ants, termites, locusts, millipedes, scorpions and spiders have hard cuticles

for hatching to take place. Locust plagues can have devastating effects on human populations, causing famines and population upheavals. They are mentioned

and it is often referred to as a locust, though it lacks the true swarming form of its congener, the desert locust (S. gregaria). The adult male of the

the life cycle of the desert locust. This is where the female locusts lay their eggs, as the soil is moist and when the locust nymphs emerge, the leaves

key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which began with

acridum, is now available (see desert locust). It has been successfully tested on both nymphs and adults of the red locust. However, over recent years,