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From the RFR predictions for future occurances of S. frugiperda across South Africa by 2040, the following stood out:
| Similar to both SSP126 and SSP370, a huge increase in presence is predicted in the hot arid climate around Phalaborwa down to Nelspruit as well as south east of eSwatini. |
| A further moderate increase was predicted throughout the warm temperate humid regeon along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal into the Eastern cape, Stopping just before East London where the condtions become less good? |
| The hot arid desert around Messina and the arid steppe down around Polokwane were also predicted to be good hotspots for species occurance |
| The warm, temperate, dry regions around Rustenburg remained a good spot for the species |
| The area west of Gqeberha was also predicted to become more suitable to the species around 2040 |
From the RFR predictions for future occurances of S. frugiperda across South Africa by 2040, the following stood out:
| As a kind of combination of both the SSP126 and SSP370 scenarios, it was predicted that the environment in most of Limpopo would become suitable to the species. |
| The thickness of the perfect environmnet strip also increased along the border between Mozambique and Limpopo and Mpumalanga |
From the RFR predictions for future occurances of S. frugiperda across South Africa by 2040, the following stood out:
| Similar predictions as those of both SSP126 and SSP370 |
| The presence predictions seems to spread further inland by 2100, potentially indicating that the suitable environment would increase as climate increases |