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Grasshoppers
Maxwell NortonUC Cooperative Extension
With much material from UC IPM Program
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Grasshopper Feeding
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• Appearances can vary depending on species• Environment and food may affect appearance.• Can be confused with relatives such as crickets
and katydids (both have longer antennae)
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Most widespread and destructive:
• “devastating grasshopper” = Melanoplus devastator
• “valley grasshopper” = Oedaleonotus enigma
Over 200 species in CA
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MORPHOLOGY
From: USDA-ARS
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Adult Devastating Grasshopper
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Adult Devastating Grasshopper
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Grasshopper Nymph
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Adult Grasshopper
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Unknown grasshopper species on citrus
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Grasshopper Nymph (species unknown)
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Adult Gray Bird Grasshopper
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Field Cricket Nymph
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Cricket Nymph
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Adult Katydid
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Adult Praying Mantid
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From: Animal Corner – U.K.
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Depositing eggs in the soil
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From: North Dakota State University
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From: Animal Corner – U.K.
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From USDA-ARS
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Temperature EffectsWarm spring
Early hatch, followed by<70F → No feeding, high mortality
Hot summer thru fallEarly maturity of grasshoppersLong egg laying period
Warm and dry → Good start
Winter temps have little affect
(From North Dakota State University)
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Rainfall EffectsCloudy, wet weather for 1+ weeks→ fungal pathogens of grasshoppersProlonged wet periods can make worse
Heavy rains during emergence can kill young, embed young in soil or physically wash them away
Extreme droughtPoor egg hatchStarve from lack of foodLow egg production by adults
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Decrease when . . .
Warm early spring, premature hatchand cold snap → poor development
Hot in early spring, promotes hatchingfollowing by cloudy, wet weatherfavors occurrence of disease
Cool summer and early fall delays maturity & shortens time for egg laying
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Increase when . . .Cool, wet weather in early spring prevents premature hatch & insures adequate food supply
Warm and dry in late spring promotes uniform hatching also good for feeding
Hot summer with adequate rainfallprovides good food supplylow incidence of disease
Late fall → long egg laying period
(From North Dakota State University)
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Severe outbreaks often develop when there are a few years of gradual increase followed
by an unusually favorable year
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• Grasshoppers & crickets often in-migrating• Usually cannot treat where came from• Must protect your own domain• Screening - exclusion• Spraying & baits• Trap crop• Chickens
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Use metal window screen
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Screen needs to cover wood also
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Inside shelter, can usesticky cards or tape
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Chemical Control
• Yard and garden foggers• Pyrethrum or synthetic pyrethroids• Many other garden insecticides• Will have to repeat as needed• Bait containing carbaryl (Sevin) “EcoBran”• Bait with Semaspore
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Bait containing SevinFairly fast-actingOnly kills insects with chewing mouth parts(grasshoppers & crickets)
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PlanetNatural.com
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• Nosema locustae = naturally occurring disease• Become sick, eat less, and begin to die• Disease spreads to healthy grasshoppers
through cannibalism• In 2-4 weeks, 50% die, most survivors will be
infected & spread the disease. • Infected survivors eat less and lay fewer eggs. • Safe for people, pets and the environment. • OK for organic production.
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• Need to apply early – nymphs• Near where hatching if possible• Farm Supply needs week to get in• Does not act immediately
Stanislaus Farm Supply 723-0704
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Trap Crop
• Plant a green strip of something attractive in long strip 200-300 feet away
• They like corn, beans, onions, alfalfa• Keep well-watered & lush• Spray once per week with a fast-acting
insecticide like a synthetic pyrethroid• Bait containing cabaryl (Sevin)• Semaspore
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• Chickens & guinea hens love insects• Can be used all season for pest control• Keep out of vegetable gardens until after
harvest is complete• They even eat gophers• Long narrow run on side of yard where
insects come from, or in a perimeter
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ipm.ucdavis.edu
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•ucanr.org/sites/gardenweb