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Lately grasshoppers have been HORRIBLE. They are literally EVERYWHERE. I have NEVER seen them this bad before. I will have sometimes around 20 of them at a time on my car, and of course they don't blow off. They also get on the side of the house, like a hundred of them, seriously. Anyone else in any other part of the country seeing them this bad?

They're coming for YOU!!!

Same here in the Volunteer State.

Quote, originally posted by star_deceiver »They're coming for YOU!!! !!

Damn...that's even way bigger than our B52 cockroaches.

Seems we covered this topic not so long ago... back in 2000 or 2001 we had that exact problem here in my part of Texas. They covered the sides of houses. We even set up a "hopper gallows" just to try and warn them away. (Wish I knew what happened to that picture...?)It's a cycle. About every 20 yrs or so, the population explodes... based on weather conditions too.Next year it'll be our turn again as I am seeing more here than since 2001, but not yet as you are describing.Ugly lil' Bast*rds, aren't they?

When life gives you BIG GRASSHOPPERS, make.......ummmmm......hmmmm.....I wonder if they would taste good dipped in chocolate?

EEEWWWWWWWWW!!!Have you ever seen what comes out of a grasshopper when it's squashed?YUCK!!!You try it if you want to, but leave me far, far away from that one. I haven't even gotten up the nerve to try sushi yet, and it's made fresh every day in my store by two Japanese that really know what they're doing. I trust them making it, but just can't bring myself tyo try it.

My late father grew up in North Dakota. In the 30's (known as the 'Dustbowl Era' farther south) they had CLOUDS of grasshoppers that ate everything in site, including the car upholstery of the time!

'Guess there were no synthetics in that upholstery. Most was probably made from wool or horse hair.When we were having our problem here, I learned that you can confuse a grasshopper by slowly and steadily putting your hand down in front of them. They don't quite know what to make of it, but they focus on it anyway. Then you can grab 'em from the rear by the wings, pick 'em up and smash their little brains(?) out on the side walk. I probably killed more than 100 that way. Of course that wasn't even a drop in the bucket. But it did serve to help relieve the stress of them all around.One Saturday when I was working, I came home to find that my wife had made a hanging gallows for the little buggers. She "claimed" it served as a warning to all the other hoppers in the area.I don't know if it had that affect, but it sure was funny. The neighborhood kids thought so too.