Pacific West Botanicals From Planting Instructions: under Pests and Diseases Grasshoppers Grasshoppers except in coastal area, lay eggs in dry, undisturded areas along roadsides, gardens and empty lots. Eggs hatch in March to early June depending on temperature and climate. Newly hatched nymphs resemble adults but smaller and lack wings. Nymphs feed voraciously, can strip entire areas. When wings are grown, they fly to new areas. When cultivating in fall, winter and early spring, watch for and destory egg clusters. Up to 75 cream or yellow rice - shaped eggs. They sleep at night in hedges, tall weeds, and shrubs. Use floating row covers or netting or handpick early morning or use disease - producing organism Nosema locustae. |