Lucas Bustamante / Lichen Katydid (Markia hystrix) camouflage in lichens. Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Clonia wahlbergi) in defensive posture, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata) on hand, Costa Rica

Emanuele Biggi / Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo) waiting for prey on Eryngium, Italy. June. Vulnerable species.

Paul Bertner / Dead Leaf Katydid (Orophus tessellatus) camouflaged in leaf litter, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

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

Ingo Arndt / Adult Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Africa. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

Ingo Arndt / Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegyptium) first instars hatching from ground, captive, from Africa.

Ingo Arndt / Desert locust subadult {Schistocerca gregaria} Africa

Andres M. Dominguez / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, April.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female, The Netherlands, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

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