The researcher noted that the locust, which is distributed in Ukraine, is mistakenly called Egyptian.
“She did not fly to Ukraine, she multiplied here. Well, then she flew around the country. Massage and form flocks – this is a characteristic feature of the locust. It is also of the locust. The reason for mass reproduction is always a combination of favorable factors,” added Terekhova.
She said that there is always a locust, just when the location of the locusts is small, they live separately, when they are multiplying a lot, insects are lost in flocks.
“The migratory locust of the low number has always been in Ukraine almost everywhere. It was, it is and will be. Even if someone really wants it to be, it will have to accept this fact. No processing can destroy it to zero,” the expert emphasized.
According to her, the invasion of the locusts contributed to weather conditions.
“Namely, warm winters, wet spring, the beginning of summer, hot and dry summer and autumn,” the researcher noted. “Experts in the open-winged ones note that the outbreaks of locusts usually coincide with the peak years of 11-year-old cycles of solar activity, and this is just 2024–2025 of the current cycle. Well, and the Kakhovskaya Dam is another cherry on this one. Saranian cake “.
Context
Mass reproduction and increase in the number of locusts in the eastern regions of Ukraine is a consequence of high temperature and arid weather. In this regard, a special plant protection regime for localization and destruction of the pest has been introduced in the areas.
Since the climate is changing, the locusts can apply to those areas where it was not there before, in particular, Kyiv.
