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Authorities in Nevada are warning drivers to be cautious after Mormon cricket “sludge” caused several crashes over the weekend. The icky combination of mashed Mormon crickets run over by cars and recent rain created a slippery muck over roads and led to crashes on U.S. Interstate 50, the Eureka County Sheriff’s Office said.
Nevada’s state entomologist Jeff Knight told NBC News last year that outbreaks of Mormon crickets typically last four to six years and eventually drop off due to natural predators. Before 2019, Nevada went more than a decade without seeing the crickets. Their eggs remain in the soil until a drought cycle triggers them to finally hatch, he said. The crickets have already been a menace in some northern Nevada communities.
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