An army of Locust swarms
Has now entered Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, these swarms of millions of locusts that have migrated from Africa via Baluchistan, Iran and Pakistan #Locustswarm #LocustAttack #LocustInvasion

While I was trying to see how Indian states are handing the attack on our farms and food sources, I could see solutions that use chemicals or biological pesticides, we will also be using drones to fight this menace. #Locustswarm #LocustAttack #LocustInvasion

Some quick research leads me to a few solutions that are currently missing from the news and are not in public discourse, as these are in range of a normal farmer and can be applied at village level: #Locustswarm #LocustAttack #LocustInvasion

Very important, “Don’ts”:
•Please note that “noise” repels Locusts, so if you are planning to use “generator” as a source of “light”, please ensure that you keep them away from the equipment or make them “sound proof”

Very important, “Don’ts”:
•Locusts have strong repulsion at close range for light source (this explains why the “Normal Electric Insect Killer” available in the market will not be able to kill them)

Very important, “Do’s”:
• “certain lights” attract Locusts.
•“Lights” can attract Locusts, but killing them will require “electrocuting equipment”

Possible solutions:
A recent research work published in 2019 by Alexander Lysakov, Vitaly Grinchenko, Anatoly Molchanov, Igor Devederkin from Stavropol State Agrarian University, Russia
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5155/5484f9cb5aadbc68df684e246676b6777404.pdf

experimental studies in 2016-2018 (May) from Stavropol (Russia) , :
•Blue LED with wave length in the range 440..450 nm, is highly successful in attracting locusts while Red LED wave length in the range 630..640 nm is the lease effective. Full details can be seen in table below

The paper also discussed experimental studies where simultaneous switch on of several LED diodes of different colors were switched “ON” in sequences and various combinations, increasing the efficiency by 1.72 times.

Destruction of locusts caught was carried out with use of a metal grid, which was
supplied with the voltage of 5000 V. Power supply to the device for locust catching and destruction
was carried out from accumulator batteries, or from a mobile gasoline generator with 1 KW power

2.The second solution is based on a 1974 research work by R. A. FARROW, it uses illuminated white surfaces (white washed walls, and sheets suspended beneath a light source) using a light source of 150 W lamp with a high U.V. output. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1974.tb02214.x