Everywhere you look these days there they are: Moths! But why are there so many of them? Well, as with almost everything else, you can blame it on El Nino. News Specialist Richard Piatt has the story.

They're flittering around everywhere it seems. Big, hairy, startling, but harmless, chances are there's at least one in your home or office.

Elizabeth Davies, Moth Victim! "IT'S THE MOTH. IT'S HORRIBLE. THEY'RE FLYING AROUND HERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM OR ANYTHING."

Moths have invaded the Salt Lake DA's office, among others. In our search for a a night-time creature during the day, we had to flush them out. But it didn't take long.

"He" is actually a "she" in most cases; an army worm moth that feeds on desert grass when it's young. That "army" blew into town during a recent storm. They're living their brief lives bugging YOU!

How ever big you think they are the fact is they're part of a bigger picture. Our wet spring has sprung an insect invasion.

Wade Bitner, USU Extension Horticulturalist "WE'RE HAVING AN EXCELLENT INCECT YEAR. THEY HAVE PLENTIFUL FOOD SUPPLY, AND THEY GROW AND DEVELOP WITHOUT THE NORMAL MORTALITY."

That includes other kinds of moths: like the Fall Canker Worm that's chewing away at hundreds of trees in the valley. In some parts of the state, crickets and grasshoppers are popping up in large numbers.

And there's an on-going battle with gypsy moths, who are downright destructive if they're not controlled. And just thinking about this year's mosquito population makes you feel itchy.

So how to you fight back against the moth invasion? But experts say there's only one way: one at a time! Or you could just put up with them for the next two weeks or so.