Steve Downer / Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) feeding on grass, controlled conditions.

Konrad Wothe / Jumping stick grasshopper (Apioscelis bulbosa) Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Cyril Ruoso / Harlequin grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus) Democratic Republic of the Congo. Non-ex

MYN / Gil Wizen / Long-faced grasshopper (Truxalis grandis), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Short-horned grasshoppers (Calliptamus italicus) mating, showing sexual dimorphism, Pescia Romana, Tarquinia, Umbria, Italy, September

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Large Marsh Grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum) against white background. France, August.

Bernard Castelein / Mottled grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus) male. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Mottled grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus) female. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), covered in dew droplets. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), covered in dew droplets. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Morley Read / Giant grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata) taking off from a leaf in the Amazon rainforest, Santo Domingo Province, Western Ecuador. (non-ex)

Michael Hutchinson / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) stridulating, Bristol, England, UK, July.