I have received several phone calls about grasshoppers over the past several days. It is that time of year to start thinking about treating your hay meadows, pastures and around the house. Thus far we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They’re back! My neighbor and I were visiting yesterday and discovered numerous little black grasshoppers on our crinum and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last summer the northern Sacramento Valley was invaded by grasshoppers that were eating crops and vegetation in devastating ...

The state is warning farmers and ranchers in eastern and southern Oregon to protect their crops as millions of young grasshoppers emerge. In just a few short weeks, the tiny grasshopper nymphs now ...

Nearly 400 species of grasshoppers inhabit the 17 western states. They feed on grasses and weeds and often move to cultivated crops. “Because grasshoppers move into cropland generally from untilled ...

Grasshopper populations fluctuate in cycles. Grasshopper damage occurs most frequently in areas with less than 25 inches annual rainfall. A common parasite of grasshoppers and crickets is the ...

A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has ruled federal regulators violated environmental law for failing to consider other pest management methods before spraying millions of acres of public ...

Editor's Note: This is the last in a two-part series on grasshopper control. There are several methods for controlling grasshopper populations. Besides the biological method, which was discussed last ...

There are about 150 species of grasshoppers in the state of Texas, but 90 percent of the damage to crops, gardens, trees, and pastures is caused by just five species. Grasshoppers deposit their eggs 1 ...

Last summer the northern Sacramento Valley was invaded by grasshoppers that were eating crops and vegetation in devastating amounts and at the cost of growers pocketbooks. It was anticipated at that ...