Caribbean

Caribbean
Caribbean is within:
Region:	Americas
Subregion:	Latin America and the Caribbean

Countries in this intermediate region (28)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands

Species gallery

• Highlighted species for Caribbean
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  Abracris flavolineata
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  Gray bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)
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  Common house cricket (Acheta domesticus)
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  Moruga grasshopper (Coscineuta virens)
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  Bahama Island field cricket (Gryllus bryanti)
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  Caribbean meadow katydid (Conocephalus cinereus)
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  Giant katydid (Stilpnochlora couloniana)
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  Greater angle-wing katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium)
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  Jamaican field cricket (Gryllus assimilis)
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  De Geer's short-tailed cricket (Anurogryllus muticus)
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  Tropical house cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus)
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  Smaller sand cricket (Ellipes minuta)
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  Cuban bird grasshopper (Schistocerca serialis)
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  Broad-tipped conehead katydid (Neoconocephalus triops)
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  Bird grasshopper (Schistocerca pallens)
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  Orphulella punctata

Organizations

Locusts and grasshoppers are typically managed through a national plant protection system led by a country’s plant protection organization, ministry of agriculture, or equivalent biosecurity authority. They are often supported by specialized pest control branches, natural resource agencies, and regional bodies when outbreaks cross borders. These agencies are usually the first point of contact for surveillance, reporting, permits, quarantine decisions, and control operations. If the country belongs to one of the FAO locust commissions, those bodies provide a regional framework for early warning, field surveillance, information sharing, and coordinated response, helping countries align monitoring, contingency planning, and control actions across borders.

Organization name	Acronym	Website	Type	Focus	Geographic purview
Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Ministry		View	Government	Management	Trinidad and Tobago
Inter-American Coordinating Group in Plant Protection	GICSV	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Governance	Caribbean
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture	IICA	View	Non-governmental Organization	Development	Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health	OIRSA	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Management, Governance, Education	Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic
The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago		View	Government	Management	Trinidad and Tobago

Resources

Name	Species purview	Year published	Resource link	Descriptive keyword	Language	Geographic purview	Author
Action plan for managing the Central American locust		2019	View	Management, Biology, Species identification, Biopesticide, Robotics, Drones, Technology, Pesticide management, Survey	Spanish	Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic	International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health
Moruga Grasshopper (Coscineuta virens) Fact Sheet		2020	View	Species identification, Biology, Ecology	English	Trinidad and Tobago	Inter-American Coordinating Group in Plant Protection
The Moruga locust			View	Species identification, Biology, Ecology	English	Trinidad and Tobago	The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Giant Grasshopper Species Profile		2015	View	Biology	English	Trinidad and Tobago
West Indian Mole Cricket Species Profile		2016	View	Biology	English	Trinidad and Tobago

Highlighted media coverage

Name	Author	Language	Species purview	Substance	Resource link	Year published
Agriculture Ministry intensifies efforts to contain Moruga grasshoppers		English		News article		2023
Locust outbreak threatens Penal crops		English		News article		2024
Locusts make Princes Town residents’ lives miserable		English		News article		2022
Management of the Moruga Grasshoppers/Locusts	The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago	English		News article
Millions of locusts swarm Trinidad, infesting homes, plaguing residents and devastating crops		English		News article		2022
RAS in ongoing Locust Management Regimen in St. Patrick West County	The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago	English		News article		2021
The locust nightmare in Princes Town		English		News article		2021
Trinidad finds solution to locust problem		English		News article		2024

Projects

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