The throng of insects was captured around 6 p.m. June 21 heading northeast toward the Great Salt Lake.
Scientists identified the radar movement as insects because the group was very “non-uniform,” and meteorological events — like raindrops and snowflakes — tend to be more consistent in shape, meteorologist Alex DeSmet said.State entomologist Kris Watson manages Utah’s insect and pest program at the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Watson said he heard about the swarm from a co-worker but hadn’t heard complaints from any local food producers or constituents.
“This is not a common thing,” Watson said. “Grasshoppers themselves are common, but for them to show up on a radar detection — to my understanding, it’s not very common.” Watson said the species of insect in the swarm was also not a common rangeland pest, but couldn’t specify what kind of grasshoppers they were. The Department of Agriculture and Food does have a grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression program for producers who need help combating pests, he said.
This year’s most popular hopper is the clear-winged grasshopper, Watson said. But he doesn’t suspect that species was the one behind the swarm.
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