We’ve had two bad cricket infestations in NE Oklahoma-Arkansas in the last 40 years. One in 1979, and one around 2005. The rest of the time they were just nuisances.
Then the year after, came a blister bug infestation.
Texas should let the Israelites go already. I tell you, it’s only going to get worse . . .
I remember 2005 as it happened in Missouri too. We were on a day trip and stopped at a brightly lit gas station on a desolate road. Everything was covered. Walking in and out of the store, it was crunch, crunch, crunch.
We’re about due for a cicada year aren’t we? Deafening summer days. Our first year back here(second time moving here), was one of the heat waves and we were off grid in the woods. It’s a wonder we didn’t go mad. 108 degrees with cicadas screaming all day.