Blood-red crickets continue invasion of Elko; residents fight back as best they can

ELKO, Nevada — Dana Dolan was driving through her small Nevada hometown when she thought she had come upon a gory crash. The ground surrounding Elko's stretch of I-80 looked as if it had been covered in blood. As the red color shifted and moved, she realized instead it was an infiltration of crickets, some bigger than her thumb.

The big red bugs leave behind a stench so horrible, akin to burning flesh, that it forces residents to plug their noses while driving. The critters stick to tires and the bottoms of shoes, and their carcasses are everywhere, even in gyms. When they move, it sounds like rain, Dolan says. Crickets make their way over a Jersey barrier during the migration of Mormon crickets June 16 in Spring Creek, Nev. Outbreaks of Mormon crickets, which are native to the Great Basin and Intermountain West, have been recorded throughout history across the west, from Nevada and Montana to Idaho, Utah and Oregon.

Crushed crickets are shown along a highway, Friday June 16 in Spring Creek, Nev. State transportation officials have put up signs on highways warning drivers of greasy roads. Freeways are a popular hangout spot for the insects known as Mormon crickets.

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