fly swatter and a shoe should work

Knock it off, a stomp the hail out of him!

Cecil

you guys are funny !!!!

If you can't catch him by hand, take a coathanger and make a 8 inch wire loop, then thread the wire thru one (cut off) leg of pantyhose to make a butterfly catcher. Then try to swoop him up in it.

If nothing else, it will give the neighbors something to talk about.

Yes Sally,
By now that big grasshopper should have found some
'greener/sweeter grass' next door; and gone away for good.
Thank God it was not a more serious fig insect investation
e.g., spider mites (almost invisible and much harder to get rid off)...

When you catch the bugger I suggest heading to a nearby stream of sufficient size and impaling the grasshopper on a hook and casting him in. If you're lucky you'll turn that pest into a might fine meal.

This is a riot, i'm laughing so hard ... but you know it was a legit question, I just wanted to know what kind of pesticides you use on fig trees if you have creepy crawlies who eat your leaves, that's all

maybe I should make chocolate covered grasshopper, hehe

ol'Sally

ol'Sally
i have heard of chocolate covered insects but never tried one.
I have never used pesticides on my fig plants to date so far im lucky last 6 or 7 years with insects and birds not really bothering any of them but that could change. I did use a natural spray this past winter when i had small plants under grow lights and glad thats over and done with no more indoor fig plants for me.
But really thats how i use to catch them grasshoppers as a child, now its fun to see my little yorkie hop around when he see's one on patio.

Hi Sally, Im leaving the first part of your username on purpose.

Walmart sells some spray insecticide that they claim is safe to use in the garden, but for the heck of me I can't remember what it is called.

Happy gardening
Cecil

There are many organic pesticides that either kill the insect or repels them. Just do a google search, I use fish oil/sesme oil and it mixes down like 20:1 with water.

thanks botanicalbill, I never thought of using those oils, great idea and not harming the fruit to boot....

Sally, yes the sesame oil is good to coat them, then roast them in oven while you have chocolate simmering on top of stove , now roast them just for a bit, remove and dip in chocolate, put them on parchment paper to cool they wont stick.
Oh la la

Ohhhhhhhh Boyyyyyyyyyy

Martin, I don't know about you sometimes my friend!
I thought you were joking when you asked me how did them Gophers taste, now I'm not sure you were joking?

Cecil

Martin, you need to use bamboo skewers thru dem' gophers, then roasted over coals.

LOL!

Actually, when I heard about catching grasshoppers, I usually dont watch them fly. I have my Kadota leaves with chomp marks all over the leaves. I think I even saw some chomps on my figs.

I found two very chunky grasshoppers hiding under the leaves. Well, they meet the sidewalk alright!

BTW, the kadota figs were great My younger son didnt see these ones.

well here we go,,, we can have BBQ'd gophers and grasshoppers dipped in chocolate for desert ....
wash it all down with a cold beer

let me know when you want to bring the gophers over I'll start the coal

Sally

dessert not desert