Maintain your garden by mowing, weeding, and using natural solutions like neem oil and garlic spray to deter grasshoppers. Foster an eco-friendly garden by inviting natural predators and using ...
(SOUTHERN COLORADO) — Springing from the grasses, leaping from the leaves, and coating the sidewalks and streets, those pesky little critters that seem to invade our lawns and gardens this time each ...
Grasshoppers eat twice their body weight daily, often damaging lawns and gardens. Spray a mix of one part vinegar to three parts water to deter them. Try herbs, row covers, or bird-friendly yards for ...
Every summer, the Morgan County CSU Extension Office no doubt receives many calls about how to control grasshoppers. In order to figure out how to control grasshopper infestations, we need to know how ...
Effective grasshopper control must be done early in the life cycle of the insect, and it must be done over a relatively large area. In areas below 5,500 feet, egg hatch is usually in early to mid May, ...
Some lawyers claim controlling grasshoppers damages the environment. After winning a ruling against the federal grasshopper control program, environmental advocates want more public disclosures about ...
Grasshopper control in rangeland probably never is justified until numbers exceed 12 per square yard. In improved pastures, the economic threshold may be closer to eight grasshoppers per square yard. ...
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 ...
The pesky prevalence of gluttonous grasshoppers is perturbing Pueblo gardeners, farmers, and just about anyone with vegetation or trees they would like to keep healthy this summer. There are two ...
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shows a male migratory grasshopper. (U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant ...
Grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are back this summer, causing considerable damage to rangelands and forage in western states. The insects cause $318 million in crop losses to alfalfa annually, ...