Lunch anyone?
Nov 29th 2004, 2:10 pm
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Nov 29th 2004, 2:16 pm
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Re: Lunch anyone?
Originally Posted by Fremantleraider
Nov 29th 2004, 2:19 pm
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Re: Lunch anyone?
Originally Posted by SunshineGirl
What are WA and Queensland like for locusts?
Plague in east and west
The infestation coincides with the worst plague of locusts in 10 years in western Australia, which is currently ravaging the state's wheat belt.
"It's most unusual for us to have both sides of the continent having major outbreaks at the same time," said Plague Locust Commission director Graeme Hamilton, quoted by the AFP news agency.
By November the number of locusts could reach 1,000 billion, and the commission estimates that damage to crops and the wine industry in the eastern states could total $120m.
A member of the grasshopper family, locusts cluster together when young and form swarms of up to 15,000 per square metre, often travelling at night.
FremantleRaider
Nov 29th 2004, 3:10 pm
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Re: Lunch anyone?
"Locusts rebranded as 'sky prawns' "
Talk about putting positive spin on the situation!!!
Talk about putting positive spin on the situation!!!
Nov 29th 2004, 6:12 pm
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Re: Lunch anyone?
We have just had the same problem in Cyprus, the high temps attracted them, sorted now that the temp has gone down and lots of crop spraying.
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Nov 29th 2004, 6:22 pm
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Re: Lunch anyone?
Originally Posted by harveyhare
We have just had the same problem in Cyprus, the high temps attracted them, sorted now that the temp has gone down and lots of crop spraying.
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Trouble is ... they lay there eggs underground where crop spraying cannot harm them and they incubate for ages before they hatch and then it starts again... ahhh I remember the last one. eeewwww :scared:
Nov 29th 2004, 6:41 pm
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Re: Lunch anyone?
Originally Posted by darkless
"Locusts rebranded as 'sky prawns' "
Talk about putting positive spin on the situation!!!
Talk about putting positive spin on the situation!!!
was just going to say, they are edible arent they??
Nov 30th 2004, 12:08 pm
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Re: Lunch anyone?
Originally Posted by Fremantleraider
The infestation coincides with the worst plague of locusts in 10 years in western Australia, which is currently ravaging the state's wheat belt.
)Where we lived(south west) we had the fruit moth problem(or something moth, can't remember
the name..)
