Longreach in Central West Queensland is famous for Qantas Airline , also known as the Flying Kangeroo , but another airborne animal is nowhere near as popular . Grasshoppers in 'plague proportions ' have destroyed hectacres of land in Longreach in recent days after a severe drought there . ‘ You walk out on your garden and they just swarm up from the lawn ’ one local told 7News . Scroll down for video . What used to be grassy fields is now just barren ground after the grasshopper infestation . The grasshoppers are in their hundreds of thousands 7News reported . They are finally moving on but they have laid eggs and left devastation behind . The locusts have destroyed any greenery they can find , chewing up the leaves and lawns , and stripping trees bare . 'It 's at plague proportions here , ' another local said . Although some insects thrive in moist conditions , heat and drought can be the ultimate survival conditions for the likes of grasshoppers . They are the most most common insects that cause problems during periods of heat and drought . The Australian Plague Locust Commission told ABC News it has been monitoring the situation , but there was no plague . All that 's left on the tree is the fruits as the grasshoppers ate all the foliage . ‘ What we have got is some areas where there is a localised , high-density infestation , ' spokesman Chris Adriaansen said . ‘ But the extent of the infestation certainly does not qualify the current population levels to plague proportions . ‘ We have been watching that population very closely , obviously . We have our own field staff based at Longreach and they are very aware of what is in that area . ' Heat and drought can be the ultimate survival conditions for the likes of grasshoppers . Even if the grasshoppers are about to move on they still have left a calling card that could prove disastrous in the future . ‘ What we will see now is that those adults that are still in condition to do so will lay some eggs , '' he said . ‘ We would expect that within the next two to four weeks we would start to see the third generation of nymphs coming out of the ground . ‘ That generation and the extent and the density of that generation will determine what if any control is implemented . ' Another worry are Kangeroos looking for food with groups of 25-30 coming in groups in and around the town . Until the grasshopper infestation it was the Flying Kangeroo that Longreach was famous for after one of the founding centres for Qantas , the Australian domestic and international airline . One of the airline 's original hangars remains in use at the Longreach Airport and is listed on the Australian National Heritage List . The town is now the home of the Qantas Founders Outback Museum . Groups of kangeroos have been seen in and around the town searching for food .
acres of land in the vicinity of orchards have been destroyed . ‘ You walk out on your garden and they just swarm up , ’ a local said . Fear of severe drought in the region has already made life difficult . Grasshoppers cause problems during periods of drought and drought . The grasshoppers appeared in hundreds and thousands everywhere .