LOCUST egg beds stretching almost 20 kilometres have been discovered in parts of Victoria.
Recent rain and flooding has washed away soil, exposing the full extent of expected locust hatchings in eastern Australia, according to an ABC report.
The Australian Plague Locust Commission's Chris Adriaansen said the stretches of eggs were not unexpected, given the size of the predicted outbreak.
"We've got areas of egg beds that are anything up to 15 and 19 kilometres long, running in strips alongside major water courses and the Murray River," Mr Adriaansen said.
"Given the density of swarms that we saw in autumn, they were basically just finding a strip of suitable country and laying in there, and in some cases laying multiple times."
