Massive cricket swarms are creating unexpected road hazards across remote areas of Idaho, prompting AAA to issue safety guidelines for drivers navigating through the insects. The seasonal ...

Masses of insects took over an Idaho highway ⁠— but officials had a solution. Thousands of Mormon crickets were clumping around Idaho 51 last week, according to the state’s Transportation ...

Parts of Nevada and Idaho have been plagued with so-called Mormon crickets as the flightless, ground-dwelling insects migrate in massive bands. While Mormon crickets, which resemble fat ...

It’s that time of year again when you might be driving and seeing orange-colored roadways, thanks to Mormon crickets and grasshoppers.

In Elko, a city in northeastern Nevada south of the Idaho border ... will eat one another dead or alive. The insects are not true crickets but are "shield-backed, short-winged katydids that ...

New Jersey has already had its fair share of yucky insect invasions ... state with Mormon cricket infestations in recent weeks. Swarms have also been reported in Utah, Idaho and Oregon as well.

PRESTON, Idaho (KUTV) — The residents of Elko, Nevada, have been hoping for some sort of respite as a swarm of giant, red Mormon crickets has ... they dove into their bug buffet.

Mormon crickets and grasshoppers are native insects in southern Idaho’s ecosystem. However, populations reaching outbreak levels can cause serious economic losses within the agricultural industry.