Global Locust Initiative

🚨 16 Dec 2025 (UPDATE): Serious #DesertLocust outbreak continues in Western Region ➡️ Immature small swarms along Mauritania’s Atlantic coast; hopper groups widespread in Western Sahara ⚠️ Risk of 3rd generation & further spread in January 🔗 fao.org/locust-watch/en

🚨Alerte dans la region occidentale: La résurgence de criquet pelerin s’étend ➡️Vue d'ensemble: La résurgence localisée en Mauritanie s'est étendue à tout l'ouest Mauritanien et au Sahara occidental. fao.org/locust-watch/fr #DesertLocust

Un atelier international intitulé "Technologies innovantes pour une gestion durable du #CriquetPèlerin" organisé à l'Institut agronomique et vétérinaire Hassan II d'Agadir, au Maroc, du 17 au 19 juin 2025

BPRI Trainees training their molecular skills during their lab swap in SIUE #NSFBPRI #SIUE #Science

BPRI Trainees collecting insects in SIUE's campus as part of their training in Brittany Petersons Lab. 🪲🦠🦠🦗🦗 #NSFBPRI #SIUE #Science

Part 2 of our Docuseries is now available to watch! "Cutting-edge science behind locust research" youtube.com/watch?v=jXOw_w…

📍Estamos en El Torno, Santa Cruz, en el Simulacro de respuesta a la #langosta sudamericana, plaga que arrasa con cultivos🦗🌱 Expertos de diversos países comparten su experiencia con técnicos y productores, sentando las bases para articular una red de respuesta 🙌

ℹ️Desert locust Bulletin: Outbreaks persisted in southern #Sahara and Northwestern Africa ➡️Groups, breeding & bands increased in #Algeria, #Libya, and #Tunisia; adult groups in #Niger, breeding and groups in #Morocco, adults and a small band in #Chad. fao.org/locust-watch/en

NEWS | @FAO is supporting countries in North and West Africa to develop a coordinated regional response a potential new #desertlocust outbreak. The plan will guide timely interventions an effort that could prove decisive in preventing a full-scale crisis. fao.org/transboundary-…

📢 15th International Congress of Orthopterology (ICO2026)! 🦗 La Patagonia Argentina, será sede de este prestigioso evento. 8 - 12 de marzo, San Martín de Los Andes 🏔 Para más información: 📍 ico2026.com.ar #ICO2026 #Orthopterology #Langostas #Locust

The city of Sur in the Sultanate of Oman is currently hosting (April 27th - May 1st, 2025) the second field trial to test the effectiveness of drones in controlling the desert locusts.

ℹ️Les résurgences de criquet pelerin continuent en Afrique du Nord-ouest ➡️La reproduction printanière continuera en #Algérie, #Libye, #Maroc et #Tunisie ➡️Opérations nécessaires dans toutes les zones de reproduction printanières de la région Occidentale fao.org/locust-watch/fr

ℹ️Desert locust update: Outbreaks continue in Northwestern Africa ➡️Adult groups and bands increase in Sahara, while few groups & bands along the Nile Valley. ➡️Spring breeding to continue in #Algeria, #Libya, #Morocco and #Tunisia. fao.org/locust-watch/en

3rd video docuseries of BPRI!: Transdisciplinary approach taken by the BPRI and the Global Locust Initiative (globalfutures.asu.edu/global-locust-…) and the global impact of our work. @GlobalLocust @NSF_BPRI youtu.be/djZJEo4ohos

@OrthopteraR Thank you for this fantastic work!

Biodiversity data published in JOR is now even more easily accessible thanks to our new data portal! The JOR data portal currently features six datasets and almost 50 occurrences - explore it here: data.jor.pensoft.net jor.pensoft.net/news/820

📍En Argentina 🇦🇷 Inicia taller de expertos y expertas para el manejo de emergencias de langostas, con la participación del líder mundial del programa de langostas de @FAO shoki AlDobai y Mohammed Lemine de @FAOAlgerie y equipo de Mesoamérica. #MejorProducción🦗 #SanidadVegetal

@MedinaHectorE @LosAGROinfluens Ha! @MedinaHectorE Sería genial publicar esto en Hopperlink. ¡Creo que a la gente le gustaría!

Tranquilidad! Por ahora no hay langostas… 🦗 Pero este video nos muestra, con humor, cómo combatirlas cuando aparecen. Créditos: @LosAGROinfluens #Langosta #Plaga #Agro

ℹ️Alert: Desert locust groups in #Algeria, #Libya & #Tunisia ➡️Control & surveys needed in all potential areas of the Western Region. ➡️Forecast: Spring breeding in central Algeria, western Libya & southern Tunisia expected from the beginning of April. fao.org/locust-watch/en