Abstract:
About 270 types of acridoids insects live in various natural-economic zones of Kazakhstan. The greatest danger to agricultural lands is constituted by 15-20 types. Especially dangerous types among them are: Asian, locust (Locusta migratoria) and Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus) on the extent of distribution and level of injuriousness.
As a result of our researches, the data were obtained on structure of acridoids fauna, biological efficiency of modern insecticides in conditions of semidesertic zone of West Kazakhstan region.