Locust plague begins to strike farms in western New South Wales
2020年4月21日 · After a year of battling drought, fire, dust, flood and disease, farmers in far western New South Wales now face a plague locust infestation.
• Limited surveys conducted in the Coonbah-Broken Hill-Packsaddle areas identified Isolated-density adults, and in the Brewarrina-Goodooga-Mungindi-Walgett areas detected occasional Isolated and Low-Numerous-density adults and nymphs. • No reports of locust activity were received from the public in these two districts in January, but locusts
Australian Plague Locust Chortoicetes terminifera The locust population remained at generally low levels across inland eastern Australia – except for the Broken Hill-Peterborough-Mildura-Ivanhoe areas where persistent Numerous – Low-Density Swarm adults and occasional Numerous-density nymphs were identified.
Monitoring and forecasting locust populations - DAFF
The APLC monitors locust populations in eastern Australia by conducting regular ground surveys in the major breeding areas. Field officers located at bases in Narromine, Broken Hill (NSW) and Longreach (Queensland) conduct surveys according to seasonal timing and habitat conditions.
Likely locust infestation areas in western New South Wales, …
2008年9月17日 · A retrospective investigation was undertaken of the area around Broken Hill in the Western region of New South Wales, where Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) nymphal band control ...
Australian plague locust numbers building to nuisance levels …
2016年11月22日 · Australian Plague locust numbers are building over summer to numbers not seen for four years, but they may not be a plague, just a nuisance.
some bands and swarms detected, while low numbers of adults were observed in the Broken Hill-Tibooburra areas. With favourable habitat conditions expected to remain, a high rate of locust breeding is likely to
Army assistance with NSW locust plague DPR/TV/1578 DPR/S/159
The area of operations is divided into three sectors centred on the Broken Hill Narromine and Hay districts of central NSW. For the past two weeks the Army has been using the Sioux light helicopters in Narromine-Tottenham area. The helicopters have proved to be the ideal method of searching likely locust breeding areas.
Australian Plague Locust Commission - Wikipedia
The Australian Plague Locust Commission (APLC) is a joint venture of the Australian Government and the member states of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland, created in 1974 to manage outbreaks of the Australian plague locust, spur-throated locust and migratory locust in eastern Australia.
Likely locust infestation areas in western New South Wales, …
Abstract A retrospective investigation was undertaken of the area around Broken Hill in the Western region of New South Wales, where Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) nymphal band control took place during September ‐ November (spring) of 1987.