### q6 locusts can be monitored for > Some locust species, like the desert locust, normally live in the wilderness, Cease said. Monitoring for small outbreaks of these locust populations can help keep the problems manageable by suppressing the locusts before their swarm grows to a size large enough to cause national or multinational disasters. > > Other locusts, such as the Sengalese grasshopper (*Oedaleus senegalensis*), may live in agricultural areas even when in the solitary phase. Careful land management, such as carefully selecting crops and how to grow them, and controlling nutrients in the soil can help discourage those locust swarms from forming, Cease said. This should be one of the jobs of [[Indigenous Mage]] and we should absolutely analogize to the people on their border. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fn7be7npfxwbvssc59e1ng0n) - [[What Are Locusts and Why Do They Swarm by Greg Uyeno#q6 locusts can be monitored for|View in Vault]]