Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 571 The terrifying locust eggs!
Parker directly took out the knife from his waist, then squatted down in front of Wang Lu, opened up a pile of grass nests, and began to search carefully.

Soon the guy had something to gain and signaled Wang Lu to squat down too.

After Wang Lu did as he was told, he also discovered that there seemed to be a small hole where the tip of the knife was poking, with a diameter of only two or three millimeters. It would be impossible to find it if you didn't look carefully.

Even if it is discovered, I'm afraid I won't care much about it. After all, there are so many small holes like this on the grassland.

Immediately, Parker started digging with the tip of the knife, and after digging down less than three or four centimeters, the situation under the hole was exposed.

Something similar to bubbles appeared in Wang Lu's sight. Parker used the tip of his knife to push it away. Inside were dozens of dark yellow long-grained rice-like things.

Parker continued digging with the knife in his hand, and soon dug out all these neatly arranged things. There was a circle of condensed soil on the outside as a barrier, wrapping these dark yellow "long-grain rice".

"Boss, these are all locust eggs!"

When he heard the words "locust eggs", Wang Lu suddenly felt his scalp numb.

No wonder this guy said this locust plague has not passed.

Although those desert locusts left the pasture, they laid eggs on the land of the pasture!
"Boss, you see those foamy things are excreted by locusts together with these eggs. Some of them seep into the surrounding soil, condensing the loose soil together and becoming a natural barrier for these locust eggs!"

Parker pointed at the situation in the hole below with the tip of his knife and at the same time glanced around:
"It seems that the environment of our pasture is well recognized by these desert locusts. They are laying eggs in large areas in our pasture. This is not good news. As long as it rains a few times, coupled with the hot and humid climate of the pasture, it will reach These locust eggs have the most suitable hatching environment, and by then our pasture may have to endure another locust invasion!"

Damn Wang Lu couldn't sit still for a moment. He pulled Parker and continued to search for traces of these locust eggs.

By the way, the veterans were also asked to go to the grassland to check.

At least the situation Wang Lu checked around the living area was not optimistic at all.

At least Wang Lu found a lot of locust eggs around him without much effort. The holes caused by the laying of eggs by female locusts are densely scattered all over the pasture. It is almost certain that those locusts that have just visited his pasture are incidentally. They also carried out a vigorous spawning operation on their own pasture land.

"Damn, these locusts really know how to pick places!"

Wang Lu cursed secretly in a low voice.

Parker on the side spread his hands helplessly and said:

"They will lay eggs wherever they like. Who allows these guys to lay eggs five or six times a year? It is precisely because of this that these locusts can often form large-scale populations and cause locust plagues!" From Parker's mouth, Wang Lu also learned how terrifying these locusts were!
That is to say, the natural conditions of your own pasture are good, so you will be targeted by these desert locusts!
Moreover, the eggs laid by these locusts are very viable!
"Even if there is drought weather, these locust eggs will stop developing underground, thus avoiding the situation of premature hatching and lack of food. They can survive underground for several months or even a year, waiting until Only with the right climate will they break out of the ground. If everything goes well, these locust eggs will hatch into larvae in 20 days and begin to destroy our pastures!"

Listening to Parker's words, Wang Lu's scalp became numb even more!

These locusts can lay fifty to one hundred eggs at a time. If all these locust eggs are hatched, you can consider returning to China for retirement.

You know, the number of locusts passing through the area is tens of billions, which means that there are probably many more locust eggs buried under your pasture...
Just when Wang Lu was distressed, the veterans who had been sent away earlier came back to report the information. They all looked very bad. Wang Lu knew what was going on without even thinking about it!

"The same goes for grassland areas. There are locust eggs everywhere. You only need to dig a little deeper to find traces of these things."

Wang Lu also scratched his head, his eyes filled with bloodshot eyes:
"Parker, these damn locust eggs will never hatch in my pasture. Is there any way to completely eliminate them?"

When Parker heard this, he quickly said:
"Boss, you don't need to be too anxious. These locust eggs were laid not long ago. We still have enough time to deal with them. As for how to eliminate them as you mentioned, the easiest way is to spray chemicals in a large area. This is the most direct way!”

After Parker finished speaking, Wang Lu's expression did not ease slightly.

In ancient times and even in modern times, when encountering an event like a locust plague, which can be regarded as a powerful force of nature, neither the East nor the West had any way to deal with it. It can be said that we were almost helpless and could only hope in heaven. This is also the case. Those in the past have Most large-scale locust plagues are caused by the gradual cooling of the climate and eventually die out, and are not extinguished by manpower.

However, in a modern society with highly developed technologies, there are naturally sufficient means to deal with these locusts. At least some chemicals have great killing power against locusts and the eggs they lay.

But in Wang Lu's case, large-scale spreading of chemicals is the last resort.

After all, once this method is adopted, it means that the entire ranch needs to be baptized with chemicals, which will cause great damage to the ecological environment of the entire ranch, which Wang Lu does not want to see.

Otherwise, he would have purchased a large amount of chemicals from the beginning to carry out spraying and disinfestation operations when desert locusts invaded the pastures. In that case, the current scene would not have occurred.

After all, when the land is covered with chemicals, I am afraid that the remaining desert locusts will not choose to lay eggs.

Wang Lu also had a headache for a while. These locust eggs were more troublesome than the adult desert locusts.

After all, those desert locusts can only stay in the pasture for a few days and then move away. You can use some local methods to build some greenhouse films, protective nets, etc., and the patience will be over in a few days.

But there is really no good way to prevent these desert locusts buried underground.

(End of this chapter)