The carefree days of grasshopper chasing and light chore duty are behind us for now.

Source: https://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/grasshoppers-and-pumpkins/800952.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grasshoppers-and-pumpkins

The grasshopper sparrow can tolerate light to moderate grazing and specifically timed mowing of hayfields, but it cannot endure further loss of its already highly limited habitat within Vermont.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/08/11/mears-hindinger-shupe-franklin-county-airport-plan-threatens-rare-sparrow/

They're not popular with gardeners And locusts, a type of swarming grasshopper, can to vegetation and crops when they're in a feeding frenzy.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-01-quiet-human-noise-interfering-sex.html

"When we go through these droughts, and we've got crops out there with the grasshopper infestation, and no rain, we're getting zero off the dry land.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/farmers-say-access-to-irrigation-a-bright-light-as-drought-conditions-persist-1.6924628?cmp=rss