PHOTO: Australian plague locust numbers are currently low, but being monitored. Image: NSW DPI.
Experts will continue to monitor the current locust populations across NSW.
Small increases in numbers were noted in a December survey, with some localised high-density movement around Girilambone and Nyngan.
High rainfall in some areas before Christmas meant that the ability to survey the inland regions were limited, though the Australian Plague Locust Commission found a small low-density swarm in the Girilambone-Nyngan areas with some numerous-density adults detected in other parts of the Central West district…