Grasshopper Las Vegas 2025. The exact number of grasshoppers in las vegas isn’t tracked by the state because the insects don’t cause damage to crops, although they sometimes make a snack out of people’s backyard. Learn what caused the invasion and why it could happen again.
At the peak of the great las vegas grasshopper infestation of 2019, bright city lights drew more than 45 million of the insects into the valley, according to a study published wednesday. Back in the summer of 2019, when joking about omens of the apocalypse still seemed fresh and fun, an endless swarm of grasshoppers descended on the las vegas strip.