Anyone else noticing WAY more grasshoppers this year?

[Anonymous]

I did some weeding this afternoon, and the grasshoppers were like popcorn. I've never noticed that many every before. Is anyone else seeing a ton of grasshoppers this year??

[Anonymous]

I saw a bunch today too! Don’t overthink it. But populations bounce around and maybe we just had the right weather or moon or who knows why.

[Anonymous]

Weird - I live in Denver and have totally noticed the same thing this year. Sooo many

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

It’s me. Sorry. My spells to drive them away from my yard have finally worked.

Just kidding. No, this is actually a low year for me but I made a point of smooshing all of the tiny hoppers I saw this spring. They move slower in the morning if that helps.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t seen any grasshoppers but I have had an abundance of praying mantids. I spent a lot of time relocating them far away from where my hummingbirds would feed.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if they have been eating the spotted lantern flies, there have been way fewer of those.

[Anonymous]

Yes. My yard is poppin’.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s me. Sorry. My spells to drive them away from my yard have finally worked.

Just kidding. No, this is actually a low year for me but I made a point of smooshing all of the tiny hoppers I saw this spring. They move slower in the morning if that helps.

Why? What harm are grasshoppers? They're fun for kids to catch and they don't bite, am I missing something?

[Anonymous]

I watched this video, and I wonder if it has anything to do with lantern flies and a food source.
For those who don’t want to click, it is a video of a grasshopper eating a lantern fly.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwjBuuMg_8V/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==