Insect arrivals on Lanzarote

Insect arrivals on Lanzarote

A swarm of locusts on Lanzarote made national news in late February, while hundreds of residents and tourists also had encounters with the large grasshoppers. And there may be more insect arrivals to come… The heavy rains of December and January didn’t just fall on the Canary Islands. They also soaked vast tracts of the African mainland which had suffered several years of drought. When this happens, huge amounts of locusts can hatch, to feed on …