Hordes of hungry grasshoppers invade Utah »

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Grasshoppers are regular summer visitors and a perennial crop-eating pest for farmers, but this year's invasion in Tooele County west of Salt Lake City is worse than anyone can remember. Tooele County commissioners have been swamped with calls about grasshoppers, particularly by people living next to undeveloped land where grasshoppers hatch — sometimes up to 2,000 per square foot

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    Wolfie20076 months ago

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    Grasshoppers are always hungry. lol

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      Dionys6 months ago

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      Bad for the farmers. Maybe we'll luck out and they'll eat all the Mormons instead.

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      Wolfie20076 months ago

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      Time to call in the sea gulls!

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        bluetexasvalley6 months ago

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        Wasn't there some "pork" included in the stimulus bill for combatting this specific incident? Seem to remember something like this, and also remember the GOP howling about it.

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