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The male grasshopper makes noise by rubbing together hard plates on the inside of the thighs.

Grasshopper

The male grasshopper makes noise by rubbing together hard plates on the inside of the thighs.

A slender meadow-grasshopper.

Grasshopper

A slender meadow-grasshopper.

Chortophaga Viridifascia- the larva.

Grasshopper

Chortophaga Viridifascia- the larva.

Chortophaga Viridifascia- an adult.

Grasshopper

Chortophaga Viridifascia- an adult.

Grasshopper triungulin.

Grasshopper

Grasshopper triungulin.

Grasshopper; carabidoid larva.

Grasshopper

Grasshopper; carabidoid larva.

Grasshopper; scarabidoid larva.

Grasshopper

Grasshopper; scarabidoid larva.

Grasshopper: an insect which uses its large hind legs to jump high.

Grasshopper

Grasshopper: an insect which uses its large hind legs to jump high.

Schistocerca Americana, a grasshopper.

American Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca Americana, a grasshopper.

Melanoplus Atlanis , a grasshopper

Atlantis Grasshopper

Melanoplus Atlanis , a grasshopper

"The Carolina Grasshopper, <em>Gryllus Carolina</em>, is a large species with brown wings, common in our grassy fields in August, September, and October; they rise when approached and fly for the distance of a few feet, when they alight." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Carolina Grasshopper

"The Carolina Grasshopper, Gryllus Carolina, is a large species with brown wings, common in…

A large bodied, short winged locust. Sometimes called the short horned grasshopper.

Lubber Grasshopper

A large bodied, short winged locust. Sometimes called the short horned grasshopper.

A grasshopper, Hippiscus Discoideus.

Orange-Winged Grasshopper

A grasshopper, Hippiscus Discoideus.

A grasshopper, Melanoplus Spretus. Extinct in 1902.

Rocky Mountain Grasshopper

A grasshopper, Melanoplus Spretus. Extinct in 1902.

Brachystola magna type

Lubber Grasshoppers

Brachystola magna type

Locusts are in the grasshopper family, although they have shorter legs and antennae. They can be extensively destructive to crops.

Locust

Locusts are in the grasshopper family, although they have shorter legs and antennae. They can be extensively…

The migratory locust travels in enormous numbers and can devour fresh fields to devastation.

Locust

The migratory locust travels in enormous numbers and can devour fresh fields to devastation.

"The locusts come down in swarms of millions from the warm lands of southern Brazil. There are so many of them at times that they shut out the sunlight like a storm cloud." &mdash;Carpenter, 1902

Locust

"The locusts come down in swarms of millions from the warm lands of southern Brazil. There are so many…

The name of several species of insects allied to grasshoppers and crickets. The term is applied conjointly by some writers with the name grasshopper to destructive and migratory species of insects common to many portions of the continents.

Locust

The name of several species of insects allied to grasshoppers and crickets. The term is applied conjointly…

Rocky Mountain locust ovipositing. a,a, females with abdomen inserted in the soil; b, an egg-pod broken open and lying on the surface; c, a few scattered eggs; d, section of soil removed to show eggs being put in place; e, an egg-pod completed; f, an egg-pod sealed over.

Locust

Rocky Mountain locust ovipositing. a,a, females with abdomen inserted in the soil; b, an egg-pod broken…

The locust is a short-horned grasshopper in its swarming phase.

Locust

The locust is a short-horned grasshopper in its swarming phase.

The locust is a short-horned grasshopper in its swarming phase.

Locust

The locust is a short-horned grasshopper in its swarming phase.

"They will inflate themselves with air, and undertake journeys during which they travel more than eighteen miles a day, laying waste all the vegetation on their road."

Locust (Acridium Edipoda Migratorium)

"They will inflate themselves with air, and undertake journeys during which they travel more than eighteen…

A locust laying eggs.

Locust laying eggs

A locust laying eggs.

The Seventeen Year Locust (Cicada septendecim) spends seventeen years underground feeding on the roots of trees. On the seventeenth year of its life it burrows out of the ground, cracks its shell and spreads its previously unused wings. It flies to the nearest tree to mate. The female cuts holes in the branches of the tree to deposit her eggs. The males make a very loud drumming noise while they are above ground.

Seventeen Year Locust

The Seventeen Year Locust (Cicada septendecim) spends seventeen years underground feeding on the roots…

"The migratory locust measures about two and a half inches in length, and some other exotic species are much larger; the <em>Locusta cristata</em>, a very beautiful species, common in the Levant, being four inches long, and between seven and eight in expanse of wings." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Locusta Cristata

"The migratory locust measures about two and a half inches in length, and some other exotic species…

"Locusts, which, from their often collecting in vast swarms, and moving onward with a steady and irresistable progress, quickly destroy every trace of vegetation over a vast extent of country, thus reducing the husbanman to despair, and concerting the smiling face of nature into a desolate wilderness." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Locusts

"Locusts, which, from their often collecting in vast swarms, and moving onward with a steady and irresistable…