List of locust swarms
Appearance
Locust swarms have been recorded throughout history.[1] Those which have their own Wikipedia articles are listed here, but there are many more notable ones that have happened.
Swarm | Year | Location | Size | Type |
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Plagues of Egypt | Not verified | Egypt | Desert locust | |
Locust Plague of 1874 | 1874 | United States | Rocky Mountain locust | |
Albert's swarm | 1875 | United States | 3.5 – 12.5 trillion | Rocky Mountain locust |
1915 Ottoman Syria locust infestation | 1915 | Israel, Lebanon, and Syria | ||
2003–2005 Africa locust infestation | 2003–05 | West Africa | ||
2013 Madagascar locust infestation | 2013 | Madagascar | billions | migratory locust |
January 2016 Argentine locust swarm | 2016 | Argentina | ||
2019–2022 locust infestation | 2019 | Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Iran, India and Pakistan | Desert locust |
References
[edit]- ^ "Looking Back at the Days of the Locust". The New York Times. 23 April 2002.