Field Collecting Grasshoppers 2024 Video

[Motherlode Chameleon]

This is a video of me field collecting grasshoppers the summer of 2024. The summer of 2024 was a good year for collecting grasshoppers. Enjoy.



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Jeremy A. Rich

 

[MissSkittles]

Wow! There certainly were a lot of them. How did you catch them? Did you use a net?

 

[GrannyK]

That’s so cool to see. Thanks for sharing, we don’t have that with them here in those quantities ever so that is pretty neat to me.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Wow! There certainly were a lot of them. How did you catch them? Did you use a net?

There was a huge grasshopper hatch the summer of 2024. I collected about ~1000 grasshoppers in 5-10 minutes. Those grasshoppers lasted me the entire summer. I used a field plankton net.

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Jeremy A. Rich

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Just a note. Field collecting insects is a great way provide food for your reptiles. However there is the risk of insects being field collected having been exposed to contaminants and parasites. Over the years I have only had one problem with contaminants and that was from inside my Reptile Room and no issues with field collecting. Contaminants and parasites are a risk though. For those of you that do not want to chance field collecting, breed or buy your own grasshoppers.

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Jeremy A. Rich