Curious gardeners have been noticing more grasshoppers — a lot more. And inquiring minds want to know why — and what can be done about these insects with a reputation for destruction.
“ So what happens is the standard grasshopper that we think of can become a locust if the weather conditions are right,” said Lynn Kimsey, a distinguished professor emerita at UC Davis who specializes in bugs. ”In a true outbreak, they would be, you know, crossing roads by the thousands.”
We are nowhere approaching outbreak proportions in Southern California…