“…The risk of destructive large swarms can be effectively managed by the application of a preventive strategy based on the monitoring of outbreak areas (Magor et al, 2008;Sword et al, 2010). This strategy, recommended as early as 1960 (FAO, 1968(FAO, , 1972Hafraoui & McCulloch, 1993;Krall et al, 1997;van Huis et al, 2007;Magor et al, 2007), continues to be the subject of criticism and discussion on the best timing of control operations (Joffe, 1995;Symmons, 2009). However, prevention remains the current strategy and its implementation is a probable factor in the reduction in the frequency, duration, and magnitude of invasions (Lecoq, 2001(Lecoq, , 2003Magor et al, 2008).…”