West seeing "biblical" explosions of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers
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Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets - giant insects that can ravage crops.
"There's one right there," Aamodt says.
They're not hard to spot. The insects, which can grow larger than 2 inches, blot the asphalt.
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