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 ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. --Grasslands and crop fields in Minnesota are hoppin' this month. A summertime insect is thriving, reaching numbers higher than usual. On a stroll through the prairie grass at ...

An expert says pink grasshoppers aren't quite as rare as they seem — and the genetic mutation can be spotted around the world Kelly Wynne has been a TV writer at PEOPLE digital since 2021. Her work ...

Last year we saw large populations of grasshoppers in El Paso County and across Colorado. While we might hope this year will be different, the grasshoppers will be back in some way. Why is this? The ...

The winter of 2020/21 was the one for which most people had been wishing. The refrain “I want a cold winter to kill all the bugs,” had been a frequently express preference during the hot humid days of ...

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