Locust Watch

Briefs

Latest updates of the locust situation

04/10/2023
  • Current situation (breeding): Chad, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
  • Current situation: A few swarms in Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen; Groups in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan; Adults in Chad, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia
  • Control: small operations in Ethiopia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
  • October–November: above normal rains in summer breeding areas for small-scale breeding in northern Sahel (Mauritania to western Eritrea)
  • Winter season: starts earlier than normal this year on both sides of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden coast from October to February
04/09/2023
  • Current situation: mainly adult groups and a few swarms in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen; low numbers of adults in Algeria, Egypt, India, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia; a few hoppers in India, Mauritania, Sudan
  • Control: small operations in Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Oman, Sudan
  • September–November: above normal rains in summer breeding areas for small-scale breeding in northern Sahel (Mauritania to western Eritrea); below normal in Yemen and Indo-Pakistan
  • September and October: scattered hoppers become adults
  • Winter season: start earlier than normal this year on both sides of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden coast from October to February
16/08/2023

In Eritrea, there was breeding in June on the central coast of the Red Sea coast. When vegetation started to dry out in July, some immature adult groups moved to the Eritrea highland while others probably moved further south on the coast. On 26 July, some immature adults were found in the lowland area in western Afar north of Chifra in Ethiopia and, three days later, a small group of immature were seen at Chifra.

02/08/2023
  • Current situation: mainly adult groups and control in Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea; low numbers of adults in Algeria, Mauritania, Niger, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Oman, Pakistan, India.
  • August–October: above normal rains in summer breeding areas for small-scale breeding in northern Sahel (Mauritania to western Eritrea); below normal in Yemen and Indo-Pakistan.
  • August: one generation of summer breeding with low numbers of hatching and hoppers; perhaps a few small groups/swarms in northern Ethiopia in early August.
  • September: scattered hoppers and fledgling (after mid-month)
03/07/2023
  • Current situation: mainly adult groups and control in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Egypt.
  • July–September: above normal rains in summer breeding areas for small-scale breeding in northern Sahel; slightly above or normal in Yemen; below normal in Indo-Pakistan.
05/06/2023
  • CAUTION: Saudi Arabia and Northwest Africa
  • Current situation: mainly adult groups and control in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria
  • June: immature adult groups likely move to southern Mauritania and become scattered
  • June–September: above normal rains in summer breeding areas for small-scale breeding in northern Sahel; slightly above or normal in Yemen; below normal in Indo-Pakistan
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