In September 2024, desert locusts were primarily distributed in the northwestern regions of Somalia and along the northern coastal areas of the Gulf of Aden, the western coastal areas of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, and the western inland and coastal areas of Yemen. These areas experienced significant threats to vegetation, impacting 13.8 thousand hectares, 15.6 thousand hectares, and 32.0 thousand hectares, respectively.

In August 2024, desert locusts were primarily found in the western lowlands and coastal areas of the Red Sea in Eritrea, the central and southern coastal areas of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, and the western inland areas of Yemen. These areas experienced significant threats to vegetation, impacting 13.6 thousand hectares, 14.0 thousand hectares, and 30.3 thousand hectares, respectively.

In July 2024, desert locusts were primarily found in the central region of Eritrea, the northwestern and northern coastal areas of the Gulf of Aden in Somalia, and the western inland areas of Yemen. These areas experienced significant threats to vegetation, impacting 13.2 thousand hectares, 14.6 thousand hectares, and 29.3 thousand hectares, respectively.

In June 2024, desert locusts were primarily found in the western region of Eritrea, the northern inland and western coastal areas of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, and the western region of Yemen. These areas experienced significant threats to vegetation, impacting 10.1 thousand hectares, 14.4 thousand hectares, and 29.8 thousand hectares, respectively.

Pests will occur heavier than diseases on winter wheat. Affected areas are estimated to reach 24.9 million ha.

In May 2024, desert locusts were mainly distributed in the northwestern region of Somalia and the western Red Sea coast and inland areas of Yemen, affecting vegetation over areas of 16.7 thousand hectares and 31.9 thousand hectares respectively.

The remote sensing monitoring results showed that, in April 2024, desert locusts were mainly distributed in the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia and the western region of Yemen, with areas of vegetation affected reaching 13.3 thousand hectares and 29.6 thousand hectares respectively.

In March 2024, desert locusts were primarily distributed in the western regions of Saudi Arabia and the southwestern regions of Yemen, with areas of vegetation affected reaching 14.3 thousand hectares and 26.4 thousand hectares respectively.

In February 2024, desert locusts were primarily distributed in the northwestern region of Somalia and along the northern coast of the Gulf of Aden, as well as along the western coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, with areas of vegetation affected reaching 13.6 thousand hectares and 15.4 thousand hectares respectively.

In January and February 2024, desert locusts were primarily distributed in the western coastal areas of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, the central region of Eritrea, and the northwestern region of Somalia. These areas faced a significant threat to vegetation, resulting in respective impacts on 16.8 thousand hectares, 12.9 thousand hectares, and 13.8 thousand hectares.

In December 2023, desert locusts were primarily distributed in the western coastal areas of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, the central region of Eritrea, and the northwestern region of Somalia. They posed a threat to vegetation areas, with respective impacts on an area of 15.6 thousand hectares, 9.1 thousand hectares, and 15.4 thousand hectares.

In October 2023, desert locusts were mainly distributed in northwestern Somalia, affecting vegetation areas of 10.9 thousand hectares. In November 2023, desert locusts were mainly distributed in the northwestern regions and along the northern coast of the Gulf of Aden in Somalia, impacting vegetation areas of 13.2 thousand hectares; and desert locusts were also mainly distributed along the southwestern coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, causing vegetation damage to 13.9 thousand hectares.