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locust swarms

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Subject: locust swarms
From: "Fennell, Paul" <>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 16:17:26 +1100
A lot around Lanyon on Sunday too.  If only we could harvest the little critters and sell them to tuna and ocean trout farms.  I'm sure they would be better tucker than south american sardines.
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Subject: [canberrabirds] locust swarms

Check Australian Plague Locust Commission
under FAQs they answer the questions below, to some extent
they use insecticides as well as fungus
 
we were at Goorooyaroo on the weekend and were amazed at the number of grasshoppers there.
Benj

From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Thursday, 9 December 2004 7:30 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Fw: [BIRDING-AUS] locust swarms

This comes from the debate on birding-aus about locusts.  There was an article in the C Times last week about a swarm heading towards Canberra.  My guess would be that if it does get close the ACT Government's most likely reaction will be to start spraying.
 
Later items in the thread discuss whether the sprays are toxic to birds (no clear answer was given) and express different views about how much consultation has been involved in other areas affected by the current plague.
 
 
 
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