Grasshoppers are making a return to southern Alberta.

The Director of Agriculture Services for Vulcan County Kelly Malmberg says it reminds him of the 1980's.

"One thing we're really seeing, we had some real dry springs, grasshopper infestations are really bad in pockets around south of Vulcan and west and east we're starting to see some pretty heavy populations of grasshoppers and they are eating crops, so guys are spraying," he says.

Malmberg says he's even heard of them moving into people's yards and eating anything in sight.

There is some hope though.

"One thing, this rain will help, and it looks like it's going into a wet trend over the next week or so and it does slow them down and hopefully the vegetation can recover and catch up and put a dent in their numbers because we're seeing really high grasshopper infestations in Vulcan County.

Malmberg says in the 1980's there was a huge infestation and they even covered roads in the area.