re: grasshoppers

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• To: m*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: re: grasshoppers
• From: D*@aol.com
• Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 23:27:11 EDT

In a message dated 9/8/98 8:18:08 AM, Nan wrote:

>Hi everyone!  Here in Southern California, we seem to be experiencing an
>onslaught of grashoppers -- big brown ones that are six or seven inches
>long, small green ones that are two or three inches long (are these the
>younger sibs of the brown ones?).  I've never seen so many!  How can I
>deter them without spraying the little buggers with poison?  What have you
>done in such a situation?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Nan

I've had small (so far) green ones here in Oakland too. So far not a huge
number but enough more than usual to be noticeable. My instincts say do
nothing
as the birds and lizards and shrews etc. relish 'em. I think this is another
"El Nino" phenomenon and will take care of itself. One non-poisonous technique
is to get a buutterfly net and hold it over a badly munched plant, shake said
plant vigorously, the 'hoppers should go up into the net.

If you've a pet lizard-yum yum!

Deborah

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