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Uploaded by on Jul 8, 2011

These grasshoppers have a big appetite for crinum lilies and Extension Agent Stephen Brown knows just what to do with them. . .

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  • Another control strategy is to get them while they're young (and SMALL!). They emerge from the soil...hatched from eggs which are laid the previous season so be on guard in the areas they have frequented in the springtime, when they are due to emerge. I'm going to experiment with Neem Oil next year and will report back the results. Cheers! :)

  • They also feed on Cordylines. The method I use for control is to be-head them with prunring shears - it's an honorable execution as opposed to other methods I've seen used. Also, most insecticides do not work but Talstar as a preventative does help repel them. They lay eggs in the soil which hatch out the following spring. Voracious eaters, I respect their capacity to destroy foliage and thus am pro-active in their control.

  • dont hurt them

  • These things tear up my plants. While probably not human I pick them up and throw them on a hard concrete surface. They cause mass destruction.

  • Leave it to Dr Brown to make the Lubber grasshopper a subject of broad comedy! I've heard about these creatures but have never actually seen one---until now! Wow! Based on his instructional video I intend to conduct a contest for guests at my garden party to see how quickly thy can get six of thpose grasshoppers into a tuppeware container! Grand prize will be a pair of garden gloves! Love those videos, Stephen and thanks for the entertainment!

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