Blog on locusts and grasshoppers

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From time to time, I post photos and anecdotes collected throughout my professional career dedicated to the study of locusts and grasshoppers worldwide (texts in english or in french).

The Tree of Repair

The aim of this exhibition is to “repair” Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which can be simply expressed as: “Everyone has the right to move freely and travel as they wish.”

The Discreet Song of the Locust

The journal Archorales , dedicated to the history of French agronomic research, devoted its latest issue to the personal and professional journeys of a dozen researchers whose careers unfolded within CIRAD. I had the honour of being included in this selection and was interviewed about my career as an entomologist by three members of the Oral Archives Mission of the INRAE-CIRAD History Committee on 23 October 2023 in Montpellier. Can one truly devote a lifetime to observing

Back From the Brink: The Grasshopper That Refused to Die

Rediscovery of the Monte Gordo Grasshopper, Eyprepocprifas insularis, endemic from Cape Verde Islands.

My bugs get their encyclopedia

On January 16, 2014 at 18:37:17, I received an email from Gordon Gordh (of the USDA APHIS), about a World Encyclopedia of Plant Pests...

Desert Locust preventive management and the ongoing invasion

Large swarms of Desert locusts are again threatening Africa and huge areas up to India and Pakistan. These swarms seem to be unable to be co

Ma "D.C.F. Rentz award"

Text available in english in the previous post " What an exiting life " Chers amis orthoptéristes, Ayant eu, lors de notre récent congrès à Agadir, l’honneur de recevoir la D.C.F. Rentz award, « en reconnaissance d’une vie dédiée à l’étude des Orthoptères », je tiens, à cette occasion, à partager avec vous quelques souvenirs et réflexions. Cette remise fut pour moi un moment d’émotion, de joie, mais aussi de nostalgie quand je regarde les diverses étapes de ma carrière pour