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The Habits and control of the Red Locust in outbreak Areas and elsewhere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. P. G. Michelmore
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The best way of preventing locust outbreaks is to control them at their source. After a description of those habits of the Red Locust that have a direct bearing on control, an account is given of some of the results of three years' experience of control of this species in an outbreak area. The methods used in Rukwa are described in detail, and attention is drawn to their relative efficacy, advantages and difficulties. A number of other methods are also referred to and their values discussed. Control methods are considered with special reference to conditions in Rukwa and other outbreak areas, and in relation to large scale campaigns against large outbreaks. Conclusions on the relative values of the various methods are summarised below. These values depend both on the habits of the locusts and on the ecological, economic and social conditions of a country in which a campaign is to be waged. It must not be assumed that conclusions about control methods reached with one locust or in one country necessarily apply to another locust or another country.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , January 1947 , pp. 331 - 379
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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