February freeze may delay spring insect arrival
February Freeze And Insect Expectations By Bob Hallmark | April 8, 2021 at 6:49 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 7:09 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The February freeze may still be felt in areas of the East Texas eco-system, particularly insects.
The old saying is a hard freeze, kills the bad insects. However, that isn’t necessarily true across the board.
Aside from breaking water-pipes and knocking out power, the week-long freeze of February will also have an effect on insect life in the spring and summer.
“No matter what the weather does, or doesn’t do, it favors some sort of insect. A hot dry summer you’ll have more grasshoppers. And if you have a really cold winter, some organisms thrive more than others,” said Longview Arboretum director Steven Chamblee.