"Locusts at the Senegalese-Malinese border" Top 5 Page for this destination Senegal Warnings Or Dangers Tip by sachara

I never saw locusts in my life before, so I had no clear imagination how they should look like. I was very surprised, when I saw them at the first time in reality. It was at the Senegalese-Malinese border.

The locuts had a bright red-orange colour and their size was about 8 CM. The most locusts we saw were flying in the air, looking like shrimps with wings. Luckily they were high enough, so they didn't fly against our bodies.

Waiting for the borderposts in Kidira ( at the Senegalese side) and Diboli (at the Malinese side) there was a bus beside us. The roof of the bus was covered with locusts instead of the trees and plants around. We didn't know why. Anyway it gave us the chance to have our first close look at these giant insects. You can have also by enlarging the picture.