{"id":292890,"date":"2026-05-14T13:59:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292890\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:59:32","slug":"el-paso-sees-surge-in-grasshopper-activity-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292890\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso sees surge in grasshopper activity this spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/ted-lasso-star-cristo-fern-163130865.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 This spring season has brought a surge of grasshopper activity to the Borderland.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Cruz, operations manager for Truly Nolen Pest Control, told KTSM the rise in grasshopper sightings is normal for this time of year and has a lot to do with the weather.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that El Paso experienced a wet winter, and with a warm spring on the way, grasshoppers are hatching sooner than they typically do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the most part, it\u2019s just a pest; people don\u2019t want them in the house, and we understand that,\u201d said Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz assured the public that there are not really any concerns, the grasshoppers will live about a year, and that will be it.<\/p>\n<p>Besides grasshoppers, other common insects may be making more frequent appearances as the weather continues to get warmer, such as ants, roaches, and spiders.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz recommends that extermination services be performed every month, every two months, or quarterly to ensure your home remains as free of pests as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t stop them, we can only control them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit Truly Nolen\u2019s website <a data-ylk=\"slk:HERE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/locations.trulynolen.com\/tx\/elpaso\/el-paso-070.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 This spring season has brought a surge of grasshopper activity to the Borderland.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4214,138,140,139,107016,498,107017,101299,107015],"class_list":["post-292890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-carlos-cruz","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-grasshopper","tag-ktsm","tag-operations-manager","tag-spring-season","tag-truly-nolen-pest-control"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}