Locust Watch

Briefs

Latest updates of the locust situation

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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