- 5 December. Breeding and control continue in Sudan interior
- 5 November. Late summer breeding in Sudan
- 20 October. Locust Alert! Red Sea rainfall
- 6 October. Bands form in Yemen while locusts decline elsewhere
- 9 September. Breeding in Yemen; floo Sudan and Yemen
- 4 September. Small scale summer breeding; floods in Yemen
- 26 August. Numbers increase in Yemen interior; elsewhere calm
- 12 August. Small scale summer breeding in progress
- 5 August. Small scale breeding likely in a few places; situation calm
- 10 July. Small scale breeding probably in progress along Indo-Pakistan border
- 3 July. Locusts arrive along Indo-Pakistan border for summer breeding
- 16 June. Spring breeding concludes
- 1 June. Spring breeding has nearly finished in the Red Sea area and in SW Asia
- 22 May. Spring breeding nearing the end as small swarms form
- 5 May. Control operations resume on Red Sea plains
- 17 April. Control operations wind down on Red Sea plains
- 8 April. Large-scale control operations in Saudi Arabia
- 13 March. Hopper bands on Red Sea coastal plains
- 4 March. New infestations in northern Somalia
- 19 February. Vegetation is starting to dry out on Red Sea plains but operations continue
- 13 February. Control operations are declining on the Red Sea coastal plains
- 4 February. Swarms continue to appear on the Red Sea coastal plains
- 27 January. Swarms still moving across Red Sea and laying eggs
- 6 January. Saudi Arabia invaded by swarms from Sudan and Eritrea
A service provided by the Migratory Pests Group to monitor the world-wide locust situation and keep
affected countries and donors informed of expected developments. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
