Nevada State Entomologist
State entomologist for Nevada, he works with the Nevada Department of Agriculture
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Jeff Knight
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FROM Jeff Knight
To the Point
March of the Mormon Cricket Armies of blood-red crickets -- two miles long and a mile across -- are about to march through northern Nevada, destroying crops, causing accidents on highways, even crawling into people's homes. The two-inch long, so-called “Mormon Crickets,” can't fly but are a fearsome sight when they're on the march by the millions. One town has a novel method for fighting the infestation: turning up the volume of hard rock music. Jeff Knight is the Nevada State Entomologist. (Photo: Katie Madonia , taken in Nevada in 2006. Click to enlarge.)
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