A grasshopper husbandry room must be equipped to prevent escape. To this end, our grasshoppers are maintained in an interior room within a facility, access to which is limited to authorized users ...

Farmers who spray for grasshoppers this summer need to make sure they don’t do more harm than good, says a professor of ...

On individual farms, particular attention should be paid to areas that traditionally have higher grasshopper populations. As ...

Scouting is an important part of integrated pest management for all pests. Now is a good time to be scouting for a few key pests which can be very damaging to crops; alfalfa weevils, cutworms, and ...

An infestation of grasshoppers have disrupted residents and destroyed gardens in the Sacramento Valley and Sierra foothills of Nothern California, with Sacramento, El Dorado and Placer counties ...

Grasshoppers have invaded the Sacramento area, with reports of “unusual” insect activity on the rise. “In the past week, West Placer, Roseville and Lincoln have received an increase in ...

A new study of Colorado grasshoppers shows that, while the answers are complicated, biologists have much of the knowledge they need to make these predictions and prepare for the consequences.

There are no physical traits distinguishing grasshoppers from locusts. Rather, the characteristic that makes a grasshopper a locust lies in its potential to swarm. The phenotype mutability refers ...