As posted throughout the season, grasshopper broods were prolific in South-Central NJ cropfields this year. Populations were also reported above normal in adjoining states. If you saw defoliating damage or grain damage from grasshoppers this year,  it is highly likely more than one brood; and more than one species of grasshoppers (differential, two-striped red-legged) laid … Continue reading Assess Untilled Soil and Plant Roots for Grasshopper Eggs