Locust Warning for South Australia
Submitted: Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:27
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Stephen L (Clare) SA
Not sure if this is making news around Australia, but many areas of South Australia are now in the grips of locusts, some areas in plague proportions.
We spent 2 weeks recently in the Riverland and they are in plague proportions all through there and other reports of them thick coming in from
Broken Hill into South Australia and widespread at the moment in the
Flinders Ranges areas.
Don’t say you have not been warned.
Reply By: Member - nick boab - Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:21
Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:21
Thanks stephan, I was fishing near Nilottie over the weekend and was half expecting them to be there after hearing it on a news report . But not one to be seen . Cheers
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Follow Up By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:49
Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:49
We encountered them between Waikerie and
Renmark, headed out to the Customs House and absolute the road was moving with them and when we came home, they were all the way from
Renmark to Cadel.
Had to was the front of the car 3 times when we were away
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Reply By: Peter J4 - Monday, May 25, 2026 at 09:06
Monday, May 25, 2026 at 09:06
Over the last month or sovwe've travelled down through NSW, across western Victoria and then into SA to Victor Harbour,
Adelaide and then up and around to the Eyre peninsuala where we currently are and have seen none since around the NSW/Victorian border, Definately none in SA but we've been sticking to the coast mostly a;though we went inland around most of
Adelaide.
It's great to see SA so green but we're a bit over the cold wet weather which has been the majority.
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Follow Up By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Monday, May 25, 2026 at 14:15
Monday, May 25, 2026 at 14:15
Correction Peter with your comment “none in SA”
My post was regarding the Riverland, Yunta/
Broken Hill Road and the
Flinders Ranges area, where they are bad and even the ABC Riverland did a story on the locust problems the other weeks.
Enjoy your holidays in SA and if you have never been to the Flinders, highly recommend a trip up there and as an added bonus, the
Farina underground
bakery opened last Saturday.
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Reply By: Batt's - Monday, May 25, 2026 at 12:00
Monday, May 25, 2026 at 12:00
Locust, mice in times when rain and crops are often good.
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Follow Up By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Monday, May 25, 2026 at 14:18
Monday, May 25, 2026 at 14:18
PIRSA are trapping mice in the Balaklava/
Mallala area and their field traps getting up to 500 mice a night with many farmers hoping for cold wet weather to knock their numbers down.
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