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Mormon crickets cause plenty of accidents here, crossing the highways by the billions. It's best described as driving on thick grease. The State just puts up "Slick Road" signs and calls it good:

What it looks like when a swarm is crossing the road:
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What time of year are they active like that?
 
   / Who rides motorcycles? #2,303  
What time of year are they active like that?

They are starting to hatch right now but at this stage they are tiny. By the end of April they'll be an inch long and starting to migrate, seeking anything green to eat. By June they are close to 3" long and they don't start dying off until September and sometimes October.

The entrance to one of our local schools a couple years ago.....
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Looking out the window in the Elko, Nevada hospital:
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These things are not just in Nevada. They are also thick in Idaho and Utah. The name "Mormon crickets" comes from the hordes that devastated crops for Mormon settlers in Utah back in the mid-1800s.
 
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My USPS lost graphics came in this week.

Waiting until I get bee season started, before I start on the Buell 1125R resurrection.

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