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August 1, 2019

Grasshoppers

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This year, the grasshoppers are again horrible. I actually think they’re worse than they were the last time they were unbelievably horrible. Last night, I walked out with Rita and one flew right into me and landed on my shirt. Without even thinking, I slapped it off and I guess he landed on his head and got a concussion or something because this morning, he was dead.

This happens to be the kind that seems to have hinged jaws, can open their mouths really wide. They bite and will draw blood. Look at those scaly things on his abdomen. Gross. It even looks like he has claws on he ends of some of his legs.

The worse news is that they’ll probably be here, getting worse every day, until it gets cold . . which is too long from now!

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  1. Jen says

    August 1, 2019 at 7:27 pm

    Ick! I have never seen grasshoppers like that.

  2. Cilla in NH, ummmm....no...far away...... says

    August 1, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    Very prehistoric looking. I wouldn’t be giving him mouth to mandible, for certain, concussion or not. There’s always the freeze dryer. (You may wish you never said you enjoy our posts to you…….I do some writing for a stand up comedian friend. Careful what you wish for).

    • dezertsuz says

      August 1, 2019 at 8:38 pm

      LOL, Cilla, when I read the last post, the title of this one was already down in the corner, and my thought was also, hmmm, freeze-dried grasshoppers. Kinda like crunchy frog (an old Monty Python skit).

  3. Cheryl Lorence says

    August 1, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    Eewww! That thing looks wicked! I just read an article about the horrible swarm of grasshoppers they are having in Las Vegas……so bad they are showing up on radar.

    • Sandi B says

      August 2, 2019 at 10:37 pm

      I saw that, too. It was crazy!!

  4. Wendy P says

    August 1, 2019 at 9:10 pm

    Check out the youtube videos of them in Las Vegas. Ugh – can’t imagine walking the strip and dealing with them. Hope they are not that bad for you, Judy.

  5. Sharon Downey says

    August 1, 2019 at 10:14 pm

    I’ve been reading and seeing pictures of how thick they are in Los Vegas now. It said for the most part they were harmless. Can’t help thinking they could strip a farmers crop in now time.

  6. Paula Nordt says

    August 1, 2019 at 10:30 pm

    I have little bitty soft green grasshoppers, but they are still managing to do a number on my flowers.

    From between Needville and Fairchild, Texas.

  7. carolyn says

    August 2, 2019 at 7:24 am

    That is one ugly grasshopper…ours don’t look that mean! My husband was telling me about the ones in Vegas…apparently grasshoppers are lucky in China and the mayor has proclaimed that with all of the grasshoppers there, there is a lot of luck, so you should plan your visit now! Maybe all the grasshoppers means you’ll be lucky and find a little house in Nevada near Chad!

  8. Ruth says

    August 2, 2019 at 7:33 am

    Nevada, Missouri (MO) is a long way from the Nevada with Las Vegas in it. I shall have to check out those radar pictures of grasshoppers. This dead grasshopper reminds me of the evil grasshopper leader in the kids movie, A Bug’s Life. The graphic artists must have examined different kinds of grasshoppers and found this one that looks really fearsome to be the best example of wickedness.

  9. Nelle Coursey says

    August 2, 2019 at 8:55 pm

    May not be that long this year! I keep hearing the Farmers Almanac is saying we will have a long cold winter and it will be coming sooner than normal! You may get to wear all your sweaters this year!!

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