Tag: pests
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Getting ahead of the hoppers: Experts educate on how to combat overwintering pests
After a summer filled with swarms of grasshoppers, experts are working proactively to educate gardeners ahead of next year’s growing season. Why? Because what gardeners do in winter can impact next year’s pest population. The Colorado State University El Paso County Extension Office is highlighting overwintering pests, like grasshoppers, in its educational outreach in hopes…
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Gobble, gobble, crunch: How some farmers have turned to birds to combat the ‘hopperpocalypse’
CAÑON CITY • Hundreds of grasshoppers flutter through the air as Matt Koster wades through his neighbor’s decimated hay field. Passing through the flattened grass and fog of pests, he reaches his own field. The clouds of insatiable insects seem to dissipate, and the rows of plants stand strong in bloom. Soon, we see why.…
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LIFE | Catching a large spider
Sharon Hornschuch films her husband, Michael, as he catches a large spider in their home on the west side of Colorado Springs. (Video by Sharon Hornschuch)