Capturing Locust?

[barred2rock]

We have what I think are Locust (hop & fly up to about ten feet high for shot distances, making a snapping sound) on our property, which I'd like to feed to the girls. Any ideas how I might go about catching them? I don't think a cricket trap would work. They're not sworming, so it's not like there are clouds of them. I'd rather not chase them around looking like a fool just to capture one or two .

 

[chickengeorgeto]

I used a minnow seine to catch hoppers a.k.a. locus or grass hoppers for fish bait.

 

[barred2rock]

I used a minnow seine to catch hoppers a.k.a. locus or grass hoppers for fish bait.

I think that might involve running around looking like a fool. Lol

 

[chickengeorgeto]

I think that might involve running around looking like a fool. Lol

You're right. But the fish tasted just fine.

First: It takes two to seine for hoppers.

Second: There is no running around, just a steady walk.

Third: We'll have company in the fool department but I won't share my catch with them.

 

[lazy gardener]

Perhaps it's this? http://bugguide.net/node/view/216693/bgpage


Then, this bit of info copied from this site: http://songsofinsects.com/grasshoppers
Another group, the band-winged grasshoppers, make an entirely different kind of sound. Males, and sometimes females, make loud snapping or crackling sounds with their wings as they fly, especially during courtship flights. This unique mode of sound production is called “crepitation,” the snapping sounds apparently being produced when the membranes between veins are suddenly popped taut (band-wings also stridulate, but their songs are typically weak and subtle).

I use a butterfly net to catch all sorts of critters. Of course, my neighbors may think I have a loose screw, but... at least I'm harmless.

 

[barred2rock]

Perhaps it's this? http://bugguide.net/node/view/216693/bgpage


Then, this bit of info copied from this site: http://songsofinsects.com/grasshoppers
Another group, the band-winged grasshoppers, make an entirely different kind of sound. Males, and sometimes females, make loud snapping or crackling sounds with their wings as they fly, especially during courtship flights. This unique mode of sound production is called “crepitation,” the snapping sounds apparently being produced when the membranes between veins are suddenly popped taut (band-wings also stridulate, but their songs are typically weak and subtle).

I use a butterfly net to catch all sorts of critters. Of course, my neighbors may think I have a loose screw, but... at least I'm harmless.

The ones on our property come in all sorts of colors. From black, brown, green to bright yellow. They all make the same sound, but only in flight.

 

[rosemarythyme]

My husband chases them around with a broom... I can't complain as he manages to nab a few everyday, and it's exercise for him.

I'm more zen, I can usually just walk up on them and grab them.

 

[centrarchid]

If they are like our Bird Grasshoppers, then a tennis racket can be effective. When I go after Differential Grasshoppers and the various katydids we have, the chickens quickly learn to follow me or kids around to catch hoppers once they have been knocked down.