List of locust swarms
Appearance
Locust swarms have been recorded throughout history. Those which have their own Wikipedia articles are listed here, but there are many more notable ones that have happened.
Swarm | Year | Location | Size | Type |
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Plagues of Egypt | Not verified | Egypt | Desert locust | |
Albert's swarm | 1875 | United States | 3.5 -12.5 trillion | Rocky Mountain locust |
1915 Ottoman Syria locust infestation | 1915 | Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria | ||
2003–05 Africa locust infestation | ||||
2013 Madagascar locust infestation | 2013 | Madagascar | billions | migratory locust |
January 2016 Argentinean locust swarm | 2016 | Argentina | ||
2019–20 locust infestation | 2019 | Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Iran, India and Pakistan | Desert locust |