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• Gail Said on May 24th, 2010 at 2:30 pm:
  

  Not sure about grasshoppers. But wanted to put out a warning… we had some pretty bad mosquito problems, so sprayed the yard with Cutters Bug=Free Backyard on a hose end sprayer (contains Permethrin). Well, the wind kicked up and some must have hit my trees. Most are ok, but may have lost my maple and maple forest, seems as if it is deadly to them. Really did a good job on the mosquitos, though! don’t know if it will kill grasshoppers

• bsl_news_blogger Said on May 24th, 2010 at 3:00 pm:
  

  If your little grasshoppers are black with a yellow or red stripe on their hind leg…I think you’ll soon have bigger critters but a smaller problem. I believe those little guys grow up into the huge yellow grasshoppers called Eastern Lubbers. They don’t eat as much once they’re grown up. Here’s a UF article on them. They suggest keeping tall grass mown down and maybe picking them off by hand and tossing them in a bucket of soapy water. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/lubber.htm

  ~Esther

• Paul Said on May 24th, 2010 at 4:40 pm:
  

  The grasshoppers are small and look to be all green, and I think rather slow. They sit on leaves in the morning and evening. The only effective control is to smush them between two fingers….and then it is difficult to see anything but a very small green slime. At least my reflexes are better than theirs.

• Esther Said on June 2nd, 2010 at 3:54 pm:
  

  I can just see you out there smushing all the tiny grasshoppers! Maybe you should try Gail’s suggestion. The UF article said something about Permethrin too.