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Huge grasshopper outbreak projected in Northwest
KOMONews.com ^
| May 21, 2010
| KOMONews.com
Posted on 05/21/2010 1:34:03 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - The Pacific Northwest must prepare for the worst grasshopper outbreak in 30 years, according to scientists for Washington State University and the USDA.
Researchers found a big increase in the number of grasshopper eggs last fall and said a relatively mild spring has set the stage for a major grasshopper infestation.
Last summer, grasshoppers wiped out 7,000 acres of grassland in the high desert of southeastern Oregon.
TOPICS: Agriculture; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: plagues
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To: Red Badger
Oh man, does that look good!!! I’m with you!!
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posted on
05/21/2010 1:47:54 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Let me guess, caused by Global Warming.
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posted on
05/21/2010 1:49:18 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Red Badger
Grasshopper faeces sometimes reveal bovine dung, spider parts, pollen and egg fragments.
To: Red Badger
The Bible says they are “clean”.....I guess because they eat grass............Ate 'em in survival school. Take the rear legs off, first. Pop 'em in. Tasted like peanuts.
I'm not following you, really. ;-)
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posted on
05/21/2010 1:51:15 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
To: SatinDoll
“Turkey brigades to the rescue! They just love to eat grasshoppers.”
And Chickens too, They just love grasshoppers.
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posted on
05/21/2010 1:53:56 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: AngelesCrestHighway
“The Beginning of The End...”
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posted on
05/21/2010 1:56:14 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(How shall he rescue his imprisoned self?)
To: LomanBill; Carry_Okie
Hah you beat me to it. I was just thinking of those trampled locust eggs...
You sort of freaked me out. :-) I couldn't IMAGINE what somebody else would have to say about my comment!...except Carry_Okey. :-)
I guess I'm not alone in that what he has written is NOT easy to forget!
To: Carry_Okie
I'm grabbing a copy of that PDF now!
...best regards to the family. Shalom my friend. :-)
To: IYAS9YAS
Ate ‘em in survival school. Take the rear legs off, first. Pop ‘em in. Tasted like peanuts.
Traditionally eaten with honey, but I found a little Tony
Chachery’s Creole seasoning makes them more tasty.
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posted on
05/21/2010 2:01:43 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
To: CrazyIvan
Traditionally eaten with honey, but I found a little Tony Chachery’s Creole seasoning makes them more tasty.Tabasco may work - used to get little bottles of the stuff in certain MREs.
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posted on
05/21/2010 2:03:14 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
To: craig_eddy
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posted on
05/21/2010 2:15:00 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: AngelesCrestHighway
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posted on
05/21/2010 2:26:06 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
How does that work? The grasshoppers try to cross streams or land in the water and trout eat them? Sorry to sound dumb.
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posted on
05/21/2010 2:27:47 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Send in the USAF
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posted on
05/21/2010 2:28:03 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Play it, Sam, for old times' sake, play 'As Time Goes By'.")
To: James C. Bennett
Grasshopper faeces sometimes reveal bovine dung, spider parts, pollen and egg fragments.
And you know this how?
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posted on
05/21/2010 2:30:04 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: AngelesCrestHighway
“Oh man!....lots o fat trout!”
Time to clear off the tying table and tie up some hopper patterns.
To: txhurl
To: SouthTexas; Red_Devil 232
They would have to eat their way through 100,000 acres of Redwoods before they could find my garden...
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posted on
05/21/2010 2:37:50 PM PDT
by
tubebender
( I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it...)
To: Uncle Miltie
“Deschutes River, here I come!”
Juicy salmon flies first.
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