If You See These Bugs In Montana Kill Them Quickly

If There Are Plants, There Are Bugs

That's just the natural order of things.  Every plant, whether it's in your yard or a state or national forest, has it's own ecosystem all around it. Each plant, each section of the world attracts different bugs.  Then, different bugs attract different bugs and so on. So is the circle of life.

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For the most part, I like to leave that circle alone. There are some exceptions, like if the bug has decided to destroy my garden, either flower or food, I will take measures to kill that bug and all the generations of that bug to come in my little corner of the world.

Some Bugs You Should Kill On Site

I don't mean burn down your house because you saw a spider in your house kill on site. (Even though that seems fairly reasonable to a spider hater like myself.) I mean bugs that are so bad they destroy entire forests or eat entire crops for a whole year.

Here Are EVEN MORE Bugs To Kill On Sight

In 1985 Montana Was Hit With Locusts

Yep. Just like they talk about in the bible, several states, including Montana, were hit with a grasshopper infestation. This sounds all Sunday school doom and gloom, but the damage is very real. In Idaho, farmer's reported as many as 1,800 grasshoppers every square yard, when 9 per square yard is considered an infestation.

Let's Do Our Best To Protect Big Sky Country From These Little Buggers

If you see any of the bugs in this gallery, kill them AND contact the State Plant Health Director.