Mormon Cricket Colorado. Reports fr01n some of the earliest cattle. Within in the state it is most commonly observed in areas around dinosaur national monument.
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Mormon crickets create a creepy scene and even dangerous driving conditions in the american west from early spring through the summer. In 1848 this insect nearly wiped out all the crops planted by mormon farmers trying to settle in utah. This specimen was caught in dinosaur national monument on my way to field work there.
Mormon cricket anabrus simplex.
The mormon cricket anabrus simplex hald was undoubt edly present in the northwestern part of colorado long before the advent of the white man. Dinosaur national monument colorado august 5 2011 3 53 pm i caught this specimen in 2005. Corkins deputy state entomologist. Reports fr01n some of the earliest cattle.
