Re: tucker glut

The thousands of dead grasshoppers I mentioned yesterday has now turned into millions of dead grasshoppers.  Yesterday and overnight the area around, and including, Dubbo was swamped with swarms of locusts - the ones I referred to yesterday merely being the advance scouting party.

Cars driving into town have windscreens that are almost entirely covered with grasshopper innards and the streets of town are silver with their bodies.  Looking out the window here at work the air is full of flying locusts.

There's not much the Australian Plague Locust Commission can do about it as they can't spray within a certain distance of settlements and watercourses.  There was news this morning of someone losing 80% of their oats crop overnight.  The hungry little buggers had better stay out of my vege patch!

As these insects feed up they will lay and just a little rain should then be enough to start a full-blown plague! Where are those ibis when you really need them!

Cheers

David Geering
Regent Honeyeater Recovery Coordinator
Department of Environment & Conservation
P.O. Box 2111
Dubbo  NSW  2830
Ph: 02 6883 5335 or Freecall 1800 621 056
Fax: 02 6884 9382



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