PHOTOS: Desert Locust warning
Swarms forming in the Sahel
By FAO
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Desert Locust swarms are
present in Chad and should start forming shortly in Niger and Mali. The
swarms are expected to move towards North-West Africa in the coming weeks.
Although unusually favourable ecological conditions allowed two generations of
breeding this summer, the rains have ended and vegetation is drying out. This
will cause locusts to concentrate and group in those areas that are still green
in the Sahel and form hopper bands and swarms during the remainder of October
and in November. See pictures below taken in Niger in mid-October.
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| Green vegetation and late instar hopper bands 15 km east of Arlit, Niger in mid October (source: CNLA/Niger) |
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Late instar hopper
bands 15 km east of Arlit, Niger
in mid October (source: CNLA/Niger)
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| Late instar hopper bands 15 km east of Arlit, Niger in mid October (source: CNLA/Niger) |
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Gregarious adults west
of Iferouane in the Air Mountains, Niger
in mid October (source: CNLA/Niger)
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Gregarious adults west
of Iferouane in the Air Mountains, Niger
in mid October (source: CNLA/Niger)
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Gregarious adults west
of Iferouane in the Air Mountains, Niger
in mid October (source: CNLA/Niger)
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This is the main threat for the Sahel now, more than anything else..
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