After two summers of grasshopper mayhem, Colorado bug scientists, farmers and fishermen are, unexpectedly, hearing only crickets in the tall grasses this year.
Drought, bug spray and the fungus of a cold, wet spring have whittled estimates from as high as 17 grasshoppers per square yard in state test areas the past two years to about 3 per square yard this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The fish, however, abide.
LINK (via: The Denver Post)