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Elom
Posts: 635
Registered: ‎06-15-2010

Green grasshoppers

‎08-28-2017 10:27 AM

I have never seen these around here but today they are all over my deck and window screens. I am thinking what next.

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Kardi
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Registered: ‎05-20-2010

Re: Green grasshoppers

‎08-28-2017 10:30 AM

If they are bright, almost lime green, they may be katydids. 

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Elom
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Re: Green grasshoppers

‎08-28-2017 10:38 AM

Oh my goodness they are. Thank you. 

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fthunt
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Re: Green grasshoppers

‎08-28-2017 10:58 AM

They always show up late summer - August/Sept.  Sounds like there was a big hatch recently at your house.  LOL

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IlliniGirl88
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Re: Green grasshoppers

‎08-28-2017 11:10 AM

@Limbo4now wrote:

I have never seen these around here but today they are all over my deck and window screens. I am thinking what next.

Be careful if you don't have aluminum screens, grasshoppers will chew holes in the fiberglass ones.

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