Sunday, September 26, 2010
Australia faces worst plague of locusts in 75 years
Ideal breeding conditions for grasshoppers are expected to cost farmers billions. by Paul Rogers. "...The warm, wet weather that prevailed last summer meant that three generations of locusts were born, each one up to 150 times larger than the previous generation. After over-wintering beneath the ground, the first generation of 2010 is already hatching. And following the wettest August in seven years, the climate is again perfect. The juveniles will spend 20 to 25 days eating and growing, shedding their exoskeletons five times before emerging as adults, when population pressure will force them to swarm...." The Independent
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