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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Carl Casselton, Richard Harris. Timecode In: 00:00:51. Timecode out: 00:03:30. Notes: Locust discussion. Subject 2: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Roadside ambiance. Timecode In: 00:04:28. Timecode out: 00:09:31. Subject 3: (Interview). Subtitle: Carl Casselton, Richard Harris. Timecode In: 00:10:05. Timecode out: 00:44:13. Notes: Locust discussion. Subject 4: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Desert ambiance. Timecode In: 00:46:04. Timecode out: 00:53:52. Notes: Includes locust wing flutters and birds. Subject 5: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Locust sounds. Timecode In: 01:09:05. Timecode out: 01:19:50. Subject 6: (Interview). Subtitle: Local man, Richard Harris. Timecode In: 01:20:25. Timecode out: 01:22:09. Notes: Locust discussion with English translation. Equipment Notes: Decoded MS stereo. Show: Locust R. Harris Engineer: Leo Del Aguila Date: October 16-23, 2004 00:27: on the road between St. Luis and Richard Toll, it is the middle of a very hot open desert. it is 35 degrees centigrade and we have stopped along here to see what kind of locust damage we can scout 00:52 footsteps. 54RH what do you have? 56 CC looks like the results of the spraying program. Here we have a handful of actually uh dessert locust cadavers. Pretty recent, the ants haven't gotten at them, they are in pretty good shape here. 1:11 could you describe them cc probably about two and half inches long, the gregarious form, more slender than the solitary desert locust. Trying to see if they have any smell of pesticide on them¿they don't RH and they sort of have a pink cast, what does that mean? 1:37 CC yeah that means they are still, they are an adult locust. These were probably born here, some place in Senegal but they are pinkish which means that they have not yet have not yet reached sexual maturity. So these would have been emerged These are received from hopper bands here in Senegal, turn into adults, mill around a bit and form young swarms and these are the targets of the control efforts. 2:05 RH what were they eating here probably? CC Probably some of the roadside grass, because this is actually a sugar cane plantation on the other side of this irrigation ditch. Hoping to get to the other side to see what type of vegetation was there to see if we had any residual locust, but it looks like they are all dead I don't think it's been long but we don't have the complete records. But this looks like the results of the last days spray RH they remind me of flying shrimp in a way, the pinkish cast. 2:56CC yes, and not with the ethnic groups that live here in Senegal they don't eat locust but elsewhere in Sahel, particularly up in northern Niger, you would have people who gather desert locust kill them put them in sacks and bring them to market. Like shrimp, like dried shrimp Good source of protein. But there are other groups because of religious belief would not eat insects or other arthropods. 3:40 out (Color matches their shirt) 4:32 AMBI 9:42 out 10:00 s/u RH: we are on the road approaching the town of Podor and a moment ago something whacked on the windshield and we looked up and the sky was¿ the air all around us was full of fluttering insects. Locusts! XXXXXXXXXXx They're crunching under our feet. Many are dead but some are inside a thorn bush here. In the hot sun. 11:18 Castleton interview: 11:15 Q: so what do you make of this scene? CC: I stopped the vehicle also. Looking at this particular thorn bush and the piles of locust cadavers next to the road, this looks like it has been treated recently. There's still a lot of locusts flying around and I think we have two things here: one it may have been a v. large swarm and even aerial treatments are at best 80 to 85 pct effective. So what we're seeing¿ we are seeing quite a bit of apparently healthy locusts flying abou... (Notes truncated)
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- 29 Apr 2010 - David McCartt
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- 29 Apr 2010 - David McCartt
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- 29 Apr 2010 - David McCartt