By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado
Coloradans across the Front Range, especially in Northern Colorado, have noticed significantly more grasshoppers this year. Researchers with Colorado State University confirm there has been a spike in grasshoppers across the state.
“Colorado is seeing a very large number of grasshoppers, we have been getting reports from all around the state,” said Lisa Mason, horticulture specialist and entomologist for CSU.
Mason told CBS News Colorado’s Dillon Thomas the grasshoppers we are seeing right now are the result of eggs buried in the dirt by grasshoppers in 2023 which were able to hatch as the result of a relatively warm and dry winter and spring.