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

Rod Williams / Desert Locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) congregating on a post. Captive, occurs in Africa and Asia.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Woodland cockroach (Melanozosteria sp) laying eggs, Queensland, Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Grasshopper (Austracris sp) William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

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

Ingo Arndt / Scientists implanting wires in the brain of a Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) to measure brain activity. University of Marburg, Germany. November 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Scientists implanting wires in the brain of a Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) to measure brain activity. University of Marburg, Germany. November 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Experimental set-up to investigate the orientation behaviour of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria). The grasshopper is fixed and placed behind a fan. The wind generated by the fan causes them to f...

Ingo Arndt / Experimental set-up to investigate the orientation behaviour of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria). The grasshopper is fixed and placed behind a fan. The wind generated by the fan causes them to f...

Ingo Arndt / Experimental set-up to investigate the orientation behaviour of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria). The grasshopper is fixed and placed behind a fan. The wind generated by the fan causes them to f...

Ingo Arndt / Dr. Uwe Homberg, taking notes and observing experimental set-up to investigate the orientation behaviour of Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria). The grasshopper is fixed and placed behind a fan. Th...

John Abbott / American bird grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) in flight Lamar County, Texas, USA Controlled conditions. August