We still haven't planted anything. It's very late, I know. We've been dealing with other issues.
Right now the 13 year cicadas are out in full throat -- what a racket during the day! -- so I'm wondering if we haven't done ourselves a favor. They're everywhere and on everything.
Four years ago grasshoppers came and ate everything. They ate the leaves off fruit trees, vegetables, ornamental, even the wild sunflowers. They were like mosquitoes. All the tender plants died and if not for water and fertilizer some trees would have died too.
Not wanting to harm pollinating insects I purchased some "stuff" from a manufacturer/distributor in Colorado who promised it would cause an internal bacteria which would then kill the grasshopper and, grasshoppers being cannibals, its carcass would pass the bacteria to those who ate it. And within six weeks they would all be dead.
The bait was placed as directed and also placed where it could be observed. These critters would go to bait and eat, mate, and defecate without leaving. I had some of the biggest grasshoppers around. Thank goodness for heavy freezes the next two winters.