M-word is a no-no. So let’s rename the ‘Mormon cricket,’ says Utah lawmaker.
A Utah lawmaker wants to change the common scientific name of the Mormon cricket, citing the LDS Church's stance against ...
Wall Street Journal1 年
Watch: Invasion of Blood-Red Mormon Crickets Hits Nevada
Thousands of red insects known as Mormon crickets have invaded Elko, Nev. Experts said the bugs won’t stay long because they are migrating, but the infestation has caused chaos. Image ...
KPCW8 天
UT lawmaker authors bill to rename ‘Mormon cricket’
The Anabrus simplex doesn’t know it is the subject of new legislation. Neither does the insect know that some consider its ...
来自MSN8 个月
"Sludge" from Mormon cricket invasion causes multiple crashes in Nevada
Mormon crickets are once again creating chaos in Nevada, where officials said they caused multiple crashes on an interstate highway over the weekend. The pesky creatures resemble fat grasshoppers ...
Business Insider1 年
Outbreak of millions of cannibalistic Mormon crickets invade Nevada
An curved arrow pointing right. Millions of Mormon crickets are invading homes and destroying crops in northern Nevada. Residents and officials are beating them back with chemicals, vacuums ...
Center for Biological Diversity2 天
Lawsuit Demands Records Supporting Finding That Spraying Insecticides Across Millions of ...
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to release records documenting its finding that insecticides sprayed across millions of acres in 17 states ...
Center for Biological Diversity6 个月
Court Rejects Federal Pesticide-Spraying Program on Millions of Acres of Western Rangelands
U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez found that APHIS violated the law by focusing only on spraying insecticides to suppress grasshoppers and Mormon crickets, and that the agency “ignores any pest ...