NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Record drought this summer seems to have brought nothing but bad news to farmers and homeowners in Nebraska. But at least one insect expert his found a silver lining: fewer grasshoppers.

Entomologist Dave Boxler tells local reporters that the drought has kept grasshopper numbers low in central Nebraska.

Boxler says Lincoln County, where he’s based, saw large numbers of grasshoppers last year, and experts were expecting big numbers again in the area this summer.

But above-average temperatures in March caused grasshopper eggs to hatch early, and cold spells in April killed many of them. The extreme drought this summer has killed many of the ones that survived.