Locust Watch
Locusts in Caucasus and Central Asia

N.11: June 2011

Published: 01/06/2011

During June, fledging of the Moroccan Locust (DMA) occurred or started in all Caucasian and Central Asian (CCA) -except in Armenia where DMA is not a pest- and its life cycle should be completed in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. No further development is expected this year but egglaying should be carefully monitored in areas where adult flights were reported to identify high density egg-beds. CIT and LMI hopper development was in progress and large areas had to be controlled, especially in Kazakhstan against CIT hopper bands. So far, more than 3 million ha have been treated in CCA against the three species.