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Desert countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia receive less than eight inches of annual rainfall. From October to December 2019, the ‘Horn of Africa’ i.e. East African countries received 400 cm more rain than normal. Due to this heavy rain in the desert region, locusts spread widely. As a result, locusts have spread from Africa to the Middle East to Asian countries. Within a few months, their spread is seen in 60 countries across two continents. A few months ago, these locusts attacked millions of acres of land in East African countries. Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are the worst affected countries so far. At the same time, this locust spread to 14 other countries in Africa. Their dominance is growing equally on both sides of the Red Sea. It is spreading from the coast of Sudan, Egypt to southwestern Saudi Arabia. Starting from the east coast of Oman, they reached India-Pakistan. Somalia and Ethiopia have experienced the largest locust outbreaks in 25 years. And this is the worst situation in Kenya in 70 years. Pang is basically a small insect that looks like a cricket. It is a special genus of shorthorn beetles of the family Archididae, which have the characteristic of forming groups or swarms in their life cycle. These deformities are usually solitary. But in special situations they gather together. Locusts live mainly in semi-arid and semi-desert climates. At present, due to climate change, untimely rains and frequent cyclones, they are severely affected. 200
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This moth is found in countries in the Near East and Southwest Asia that receive less than a millimeter of rain. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), they exist in 30 countries in this vast area of 1.6 million square kilometers. The life span of an insect is only three months. They become adults within six weeks of birth and are able to lay eggs within a month. Their eggs hatch within two weeks. Within three months, mites are able to increase their numbers by 20 times. They can multiply 400 times in six months, and 8,000 times in nine months, if the necessary rains and weather conditions are favourable.
These insects can travel about 150 kilometers per day. And this is how it goes from one country to another. Locusts can destroy large areas of cropland in an instant. A colony of insects a kilometer wide can feed 35,000 people in a day. According to the United Nations, each locust swarm consists of 15
More than a million insects. A swarm covers an area of one square kilometer or the equivalent of 250 football fields
