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

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

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

Chien Lee / Grasshopper (Chorotypus sp) mimicking leaf, Malaysia

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

Laurent Geslin / Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) in field habitat, UK

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

Juergen Freund / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) jumping on a grasshopper, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

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

Stephen Dalton / Speckled bush cricket (Leptophytes punctatissima) leaping, Sussex, England. Controlled conditions.