Thailand ‘not a suitable host’ for locusts in India, Laos

By THE NATION

 

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The two types of locusts swarming and attacking vegetation in Laos and India will not be migrating to Thailand because the weather here is not suitable for them to reproduce, Department of Agriculture’s director general Sermsuk Salakpetch said.

 

She explained that the yellow-spined bamboo locusts, which are attacking farms in Laos, prefer cool weather and it is almost impossible that they will migrate to hot and humid Thailand.

 

Sermsuk also said that her organisation has set chemical traps at the border between Thailand and Laos and has collected dead locusts to check whether this scourge has arrived in the country.

 

As for the type affecting India, she said these were desert locusts and had migrated fromAfrica to the sub-continentbefore heading to Nepal and south China.

 

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, these locusts are fast becoming a curse because of climate change.

 

However, Sermsuk insisted that the weather in Thailand was not suitable for this type of locusts to survive and reproduce.

 

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Can't see much difference between the Weather in Laos, and the weather in Issan myself.

Another reason why the borders should be kept closed 

46 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Sermsuk also said that her organisation has set chemical traps at the border between Thailand and Laos and has collected dead locusts to check whether this scourge has arrived in the country.

Uhm, so did you illegally cross the border into Laos to collect these dead specimens, Mr. Sermsuk? Or did you collect them on the Thai side? The latter would suggest that the critters DID cross into Thailand, right? And as per the weather conditions... oh, well... I'd contend that the climate in the upper north is exactly the same as across the Mekong in northwestern Laos, and exactly the same in the Mekong-bordering Isaan provinces as in their Lao counterparts. Locusts don't respect human-drawn national borders, you know?  

6 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Uhm, so did you illegally cross the border into Laos to collect these dead specimens, Mr. Sermsuk? Or did you collect them on the Thai side? The latter would suggest that the critters DID cross into Thailand, right? And as per the weather conditions... oh, well... I'd contend that the climate in the upper north is exactly the same as across the Mekong in northwestern Laos, and exactly the same in the Mekong-bordering Isaan provinces as in their Lao counterparts. Locusts don't respect human-drawn national borders, you know?  

I somehow doubt that it was  ever meant that somehow the Mekong was some boundary these bugs  can not cross. The species that has caused alarm in India are not the same as those in Laos.

The species in Laos is predominant in the north.

 

Even the locusts don't want to come here? Except the Chinese ones that follow a flag.

Maybe this specie will not attack Thailand ,but in times past as the wife said Thailand has had locusts attacks, we had one locust  at the front  of our house last week, harmless it is when they swam the problems start.   

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

As for the type affecting India, she said these were desert locusts and had migrated fromAfrica to the sub-continentbefore heading to Nepal and south China

I'm calling b/s on that .. any locust willing to fly from Africa to Nepal is not gonna miss the opportunity forra day trip to Thailand to see the temples and stuff as it's only a short migration S E 'ish from Nepal .. 

 

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

However, Sermsuk insisted that the weather in Thailand was not suitable for this type of locusts to survive and reproduce

sounds a bit of an insect voyeur ..

Edited July 2, 20206 yr by Justgrazing
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3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Uhm, so did you illegally cross the border into Laos to collect these dead specimens, Mr. Sermsuk? Or did you collect them on the Thai side? The latter would suggest that the critters DID cross into Thailand, right? And as per the weather conditions... oh, well... I'd contend that the climate in the upper north is exactly the same as across the Mekong in northwestern Laos, and exactly the same in the Mekong-bordering Isaan provinces as in their Lao counterparts. Locusts don't respect human-drawn national borders, you know?  

They are collecting "dead locusts", as in all types of locusts, to see if they find any of this particular type.

6 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

I'm calling b/s on that .. any locust willing to fly from Africa to Nepal is not gonna miss the opportunity forra day trip to Thailand to see the temples and stuff as it's only a short migration S E 'ish from Nepal

Yeah, but don't forget they now need the Covid-free certificate, plus expensive health insurance.

It's enough to any put off any creepy-crawly, even if they are married to a Thai cricket or grasshopper.

54 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Yeah, but don't forget they now need the Covid-free certificate, plus expensive health insurance.

It's enough to any put off any creepy-crawly, even if they are married to a Thai cricket or grasshopper.

Hahaha .. yea an what's that one that kills it's mate after they get it on .. Praying Mantis is it .. an' there's a lot of praying goes on in Thailand .. 

Put landmines at the boarder to stop them there

2 hours ago, Deli said:

Put landmines at the boarder to stop them there

And if they try to get here by sea, the submarines can stop ‘em

21 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Can't see much difference between the Weather in Laos, and the weather in Issan myself.

If you are 70 y.o. like me you will feel the difference between the weather. In Laos I need to wear socks when I sleep otherwise my leg cramp because of the cold weather. In Thailand I don't wear nothing.

16 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Yeah, but don't forget they now need the Covid-free certificate, plus expensive health insurance.

It's enough to any put off any creepy-crawly, even if they are married to a Thai cricket or grasshopper.

Good thinking.

I'm not worried about an invasion of 'locust'. They'll just add more protein in the Thai diet.

... and there was I thinking that they were referring to mainland Chinese ????

Some of my wife's friends up in Burri Ram will be sad when they hear this news.

They just love deep fried locusts  

Personally I'm more a beef and chicken person

Fires, plagues,riots...locust....APOCOLIPSE NOW

Oh yes, Laos is such a "cold" country separated from "hot" Thailand by the impenetrable Mekong, and in some places, by a few mountains that these locusts can't make it here!

 

 

put more ducks at the borders, if locust comes will be a successfully business raising them with free healthy food