JoAnne Skelly: Leafhopper invasion

In the last week, leafhoppers have invaded our house both inside and out. Suddenly I’m seeing dozens of brown wedge-shaped insects crawling all over my windows and screens. They are even on the kitchen walls. These annoying critters, also called planthoppers, are less than a 1/4-inch long, and they keep me busy squishing them each day. I decided to find out more about them. Leafhoppers belong to one of the largest families of plant-feeding insects with approximately 20,000 currently descr