In the Krasnodar region came a new kind of locusts — Moroccan. High alert for the arrival of the pest was announced in late may, but was expecting the locusts are Asian.

The Moroccan became an unpleasant surprise for specialists. According to the regional branch of "agricultural centre, locusts have attacked the field Beloglinsky, Novopokrovsky, assumption, Tihoretsk, Labinsk, Otradnensky district, Krasnodar region and of Krasnodar.

All the lesions are under control. Farmland is treated with air. More difficult pest to fight in the cities. The locust that eats green spaces, are not allowed to poison plan. Have insects to catch or destroy manually.

"For residents of Krasnodar itself locusts are not harmful, it is herbivorous insect, she can eat winter wheat, sunflower, sugar beet plants that are still succulent," — said the head of the branch of "agricultural centre for the Krasnodar territory Lyudmila Kulikovskaya.

To prevent the flights of locusts from other region is almost impossible. According to preliminary calculations, it will attack the Kuban field for about a month, reported the TV channel "Kuban 24".