[Rockhounds] The historic extinction of the Rocky Mountain locusts

[Tim Fisher]

Sounds a lot like our Mormon crickets. They have been so thick in Nevada and
southeast Oregon that some years you have to roll up your windows and turn
on the AC to avoid the stench of hundreds of thousands that got squished on
the highway and were melting in the heat. I doubt they could go extinct,
even though I'm sure a lot of cattle ranchers and hay growers wish they
would. 

Tim Fisher
Http://OreRockOn.com 
Email nospam at orerockon.com

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Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2022 1:14 PM
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Subject: [Rockhounds] The historic extinction of the Rocky Mountain locusts

The death of the Super Hopper
How early settlers unwittingly drove their nemesis extinct, and what it
means for us today Jeffrey Lockwood, High Country News,  Feb. 3, 2003
https://www.hcn.org/issues/243/13695

Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_locust

Yours,

Paul H.


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