On another forum, posted by one of our members (You know who you are - KEV! :poke: ) asked about this year and how the hoppers were. Well, I caught one at a neighbors the other day - a large mature one. And just threw out a large mature one from the dining room a few minutes ago. Thank god they make noise!

Also, I noticed baby ones in my rain buckets - the 5 gallon ones I use as supplemental gathering implements. Quite a few actually! the last week or so out back.

SO, I would say it is a GOOD year for grashoppers and a BAD year for plants. SO watch out!


(of course, this is MA so YMMV!)

heather get the chocolate liquified and start dunking!! :lol:

heather get the chocolate liquified and start dunking!! :lol:


Ewwwwww! Ick. Yuck. :Yuck:

ROFL!!!!

Sorry to hear about that. They can be very bad - very, very bad to plants. I've only seen one small one so far. I'm hoping all the rain we've had will keep them under control this year. Don't they usually do better when it's very hot and dry? I think they lay their eggs in the soil and if it's too wet, they don't hatch as well.


Kev

Very good in chocolate I agree with Stan!

Hmmm

About 10 years ago I went riding out west near Goondoowindi. It's a town about 8 hours rides from where I live. Anyways, there I was nearing the town when I spies a cloud in the distance. It was dry so I thought a road train(s) was possibly coming my way at a rate of knots.

So, girding the loins, I approached the cload. No truck!? Then something hit my helmet, my jacket, my knuckles and it got worse. They might be tasty in chocolate but they hurt like hell when they hit you at about 110Kph.

Cheers
Stephan

I think you have to fry them first before you dip them in chocolate. :unsure: Gives it that extra crunch.

So far I have had no issues w/ them, but I have sighted some, so wanted to mention it, at least to my fellow new englander's w/ plants outside. The vast majority of mine are inside for this very reason.

don't know how effective it is but according to Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles creative and non-toxic alternatives to common kitchen and garden chemicals, if you make a 10% molasses 90% water, set it out near the grasshoppers, sprinkle bread crumbs or bird seed. grasshoppers are drawn to the sweet of the molasses, birds stop by for the bread crumbs or bird seed but also eat the grasshoppers
should i mention this probably works best outside