Cricket crazy

Swarms of chirping crickets appear
Large, black chirping crickets are appearing across Acadiana as if a plague of some sort. Aaron Ashbrook, an assistant professor at LSU, said August and September are the prime time of the year for both field cricket and mole cricket activity. Ashbrook said that the recent weather conditions have created the perfect environment for an abundance of crickets in Acadiana. “It can be weather rela...

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