198X African Locusts Caribbean Threat and Agricultural Impacts DailyNews
...investigation as to the extent A specimen of the insect at the across from Africa." | of the infestation,” said a Pest Control office of the Depart- They have also been sighted on i e = 2 the neighboring island of Car- riacou. Agricultural officials in Dominica are studying the insects to determine their origin. e
Harbinger % £ of a new v News b3 plague? 5 < 2 & o By ABU BAKR = 5 21,19 Daily News Staft y 3 | The locust. sitting on a patch of grass at Red Hook on St. v Thomas, wasn’t your. ordinary grasshopper. The speckled wing covers, the =5 salmon-pink legs and its size — & David Nellis on alert. more than 3-inches long — put i T Nellis, Planning and Natural t % ! Resources’ fish and wildlife 27 chief, approached cautiously PO and caught the insect, believed to be an African species that caused billions of dollars in crop damage on that continent. “This locust is part of the swarm that has come up through the Eastern Caribbe- 51 an,” Nellis said I had heard the reports and I recognized the insect as dif- ferent from the species of %z i o) &...