A UC Davis entomologist said that the crushed insects make roads look like they’re covered in “oil slick.”
now, the state Department of Agriculture has also applied Dimilin, an insecticide, to thousands of acres in the region.that encompasses
nearly the entire state of Nevada and parts of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon and California. They rove in large groups, traveling up to a mile per day and consuming nearly everything in their path. According to the University of Nevada, Reno, Mormon cricket populations have steadily grown since the 1990s, and they thrive in drought conditions —This isn’t the first time these hungry, shield-backed katydids have infested Nevada, either.
“Up in the northern end of the state, I was talking to a rancher up there, and he said they were even eating the stucco off of his house,” he testified. “It is like one of these movies that you see where these things come in and they just take over an entire area and you can’t do much about it.” That year, during one of the worst invasions in more than six decades, the crickets caused an estimated $25 million in damages. For now, it’s still unclear how long this new infestation will last.
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