Locust Watch
Locusts in Caucasus and Central Asia

N. 65 August 2019

Published: 13/09/2019

Italian Locust (CIT) mating and egg-laying continued in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Migratory Locust (LMI) mating and egglaying continued in Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Uzbekistan. During the forecast period, locusts will complete their natural cycle in most areas. Control operations ended in all countries; since the beginning of the national campaigns, In total, about 1.8 million ha were treated since the beginning of the 2019 campaign. This is less than a half of the area treated in the same period in 2018.