General situation during August 2026 Forecast for September 2026
The locust control campaign was successfully completed in all Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) countries, resulting in a calm situation for all locust species across all affected areas at the end of the reporting period. The lifecycle of the Moroccan locust (DMA) was completed in the Caucasus, while the lifecycles of the Italian locust (CIT) and Asian migratory locust (LMI) reached their final stages; the natural die off process is expected to continue during September. While control operations had already been completed in all Central Asia (CA) countries at the end of July, they were concluded in August in the Caucasus and the Russian Federation, with over 17 016 hectares (ha) treated that month.
No. 4 June 2010
01/06/2010
General Situation during June 2010 Forecast until mid-August 2010 DMA immature and mature adults were present in all CCA countries that were already infested, and DMA life cycle completed in southern Central Asia. CIT hatching started in Kyrgyzstan hopper development continued in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and fledging started in some places.
No. 3 May 2010
01/05/2010
General Situation during May 2010 Forecast until mid-July 2010 DMA hopper development is coming to an end in southern CCA countries and treatments will decrease, monitoring of remaining adult populations should continue to identify egg-beds in view of the 2011 locust campaign in particular in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. CIT and LMI hatching and hopper development are ongoing and a significant increase of control operations is expected by the end of the forecast period.
No. 2 April 2010
01/04/2010
General Situation during April 2010 Forecast until mid-June 2010 The situation related to the Moroccan Locust (DMA) deteriorated during April in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan with a significant increase of treated areas. A critical unprecedented situation arose in Georgia, where DMA infestations were detected along the border with Azerbaijan. In Kazakhstan, hopper control campaign started against DMA and CIT. Despite extraordinary rainfall in Caucasus during April.