Bulletin of Entomological Research (1952) 43, 79-81

R. Le Pelley (1952)
Note on damage to grazing by grasshoppers in Kenya
Bulletin of Entomological Research 43 (1), 79-81
Abstract: During 1950 an unusual increase in populations of indigenous grasshoppers, particularly Gastrimargus brevipes and Caloptenopsis glaucopsis meruensis, occurred over a limited area in the Rift Valley of Kenya and caused severe damage to grazing. A BHC-bran bait gave good control. Factors contributing to this increase are considered to be the abnormally low total rainfalls of 1949 and 1950 and their spasmodic distribution.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
damage/losses/economics

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Gastrimargus brevipes	Grasses/turf/rangeland	Kenya
	Acorypha glaucopsis	Grasses/turf/rangeland	Kenya