# Mormon Cricket Infestations and the Battle of Evermore
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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 25, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-cricket-infestations-and-the-battle-of-evermore/494296 "2009-04-25T04:52:36Z")
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### Author:  [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-cricket-infestations-and-the-battle-of-evermore/494296/1 "2009-04-25T04:52:36Z")
Apparently Mormon Crickets are offering No Shelter to this tiny little Nevada town. But residents have figured out a way to deal with the problem in only the most AWESOME way possible: [Jimmy Page, Rock and Roll, and a bit of Jagger](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124052112850249691.html?mod=yhoofront) too! All hail the Rock Gods! \m/,🆒
This feels like it could have been a Bad B Rated SciFi- I mean SyFy movie. \*Tremors \*did really well, so why not a follow up with this lil’ sleepy little town of 13 people vs. these annoying insect invaders? They’ll leave the Mormon Crickets Dazed and Confused with the Power of Rock!
From the Article:
_Rock music blaring from boomboxes has proved one of the best defenses against an annual invasion of Mormon crickets. The huge flightless insects are a fearsome sight as they advance across the desert in armies of millions that march over, under or into anything in their way._
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-cricket-infestations-and-the-battle-of-evermore/494296/2 "2009-04-26T17:24:45Z")
I read that article.
Of course, they’re _Mormon_ crickets. They prefer religious music.