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

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.

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

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

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

Michael Hutchinson / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) walking away through grass, Bristol, England, UK, July.