Invasion in Vegas - Page 2

Tyak · ‎01-26-2013

@Scooby Doo wrote:
They are having an invasion of the "Mormon Crickets" in southeast Idaho this summer. Perhaps the swarms are moving toward Nevada. I've noticed quite a few grasshoppers in my yard this year here in Utah. Call in the Seagulls!

I heard that the ones here are on their way to northern Nevada.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

https://twitter.com/fox5vegas/status/1154843465118695424?s=21

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

Wish I could post GIFs on my iPad...

SO.MANY.GRASSHOPPER.GIFS

Tyak · ‎01-26-2013

I was just looking at a couple videos and the articles say this happens every couple years. I've been here almost 20 years and I must have been out to lunch because I've never seen this problem in all those years. If I was walking the strip and saw those things flying around all over the place, in those numbers, I'd really freak out.

MarnieRez3 · ‎02-19-2015

@sidsmom

OMG. SIDSMOM! THESE PHOTOS! I WILL NEVER GO OUTSIDE AGAIN!!!

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@MarnieRez3 wrote:
@sidsmom

OMG. SIDSMOM! THESE PHOTOS! I WILL NEVER GO OUTSIDE AGAIN!!!

@MarnieRez3

Someone wrote:

😆😆

Pqfan · ‎03-09-2010

Yikes! That’s one convention they don’t want in Vegas.

I would be freaking out.

I hope they go away soon! ❤️

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

Any Midwesterners here who harvest oats? Grasshoppers are common, but I wouldn't call them extra large and they are in the fields and grain boxes, not everywhere.

MoonieBaby · ‎07-19-2013

GrouchoM -

OH MY GAWD - ME TOO.

scared to death of bugs. Especially big ones that fly!

I saw the news short about the "invasion" and got the heebee-geebees for a few hours afterwards.

Ew, yuck - I shutter at the reality of those folks living with THAT nightmare.

I guess you and I could never get on board with the whole - eating bugs as a protein source, huh! LOL!!!

Take care,

Ko -

your fellow bug avoider.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I think the grasshopper population explosion has something to do with extended periods of drought conditions and mild winters. That coupled with no effective pesticides to control their numbers, it becomes an overpopulation problem.