A large number of desert locusts, herbivores that resemble grasshoppers attacked on crops of Chak-No 35/2R area near district Okara. Desert locusts in particular can swarm into groups of between 40 and 80 million creatures, devastating crops intended for human consumption. Capable of eating their own weight each day, a swarm as large as the one mentioned above, could devour more than 190 million kilos of plants on a daily basis.The swarms of desert locusts have reached central parts of Punjab from its southern areas while authorities are betting on experts' opinion that these insects are here
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A large number of desert locusts, herbivores that resemble grasshoppers attacked on crops of Chak-No 35/2R area near district Okara. Desert locusts in particular can swarm into groups of between 40 and 80 million creatures, devastating crops intended for human consumption. Capable of eating their own weight each day, a swarm as large as the one mentioned above, could devour more than 190 million kilos of plants on a daily basis.The swarms of desert locusts have reached central parts of Punjab from its southern areas while authorities are betting on experts’ opinion that these insects are here for only a short stay and will fly to new pastures soon.The Pakistani government said it was the worst desert locust infestation in more than two decades.The desert locusts large herbivores that resemble grasshoppers arrived in Pakistan from Iran in June and have already ravaged cotton, wheat, maize and other crops.Prime Minister Imran Khan declared the emergency to protect crops and help farmers. (Photo by Rana Sajid Hussain/Pacific Press)