Alex Hyde / Small Gold Grasshopper (Euthystira brachyptera) photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Stephen Dalton / Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) flying, controlled conditions, scan from black and white print

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) resting on Goatsbeard seedhead (Tragopogon sinuatus), Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, June

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) resting on Goatsbeard seedhead (Tragopogon sinuatus), Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, June

Inaki Relanzon / Locust plague (Locusta migratoria capito) threatens crops in south Madagascar, June 2010

Inaki Relanzon / Locust plague (Locusta migratoria capito) threatens crops in south Madagascar, June 2010

Inaki Relanzon / Locust plague (Locusta migratoria capito) threatens crops in south Madagascar, June 2010

Inaki Relanzon / Locust plague (Locusta migratoria capito) engulfs people in south Madagascar, June 2010

Daniel Heuclin / Pair of Rainbow Grasshoppers (Dactylotum bicolor) mating. Arizona, USA. Controlled conditions.

Edwin Giesbers / Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegypticum) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Stephen Dalton / Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) portrait, feeding on leaf, controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) in flight, controlled conditions, from Africa

Stephen Dalton / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) instant of take-off, UK

Stephen Dalton / Desert locust {Schistocerca gregaria} in flight, controlled conditions, from Africa

Stephen Dalton / Meadow grasshopper {Chorthippus parellelus} jumping sequence, multiflash, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Male Grasshopper (Arcyptera fusca) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Grasshopper (Arcyptera fusca) male, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Two Migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria) feeding on vegetation, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Alpine grasshopper (Miramella alpina) pair mating on a thistle, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Alpine grasshopper (Miramella alpina) pair mating on a thistle, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Alpine grasshopper (Miramella alpina) pair mating on a thistle, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Alpine grasshopper (Miramella alpina) pair mating on a thistle, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009

Stephen Dalton / Short horned grasshopper {Chorthippus sp} jumping, UK. Two images taken at 1/70,000 sec and a split second apart showing the action of a leaping grasshopper. Sussex, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) leaping, UK

Stephen Dalton / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) leaping, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) on plant , Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Common green grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Female Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus sibiricus) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Grasshopper (Arcyptera fusca) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Grasshopper (Podisma pedestris) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Male Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus sibiricus) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Green mountain grasshopper (Miramella alpina) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Grasshopper {Arcyptera fusca} male, Austria, July 2008 WWE Mission: Alpine meadows of the Tirol, Austria WWE BOOK. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION Wild Wonders kids book.

Bernard Castelein / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) Kalmthoutse Heide, Belgium

Kim Taylor / Desert Locust {Schistocerca gregaria} captive, in flight, digital capture.

Kim Taylor / Desert Locust {Schistocerca gregaria} adult emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Sequence 4/6

Kim Taylor / Desert Locust {Schistocerca gregaria} adult emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Sequence 3/6

Kim Taylor / Desert Locust {Schistocerca gregaria} adult emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Sequence 2/6

Kim Taylor / Desert Locust {Schistocerca gregaria} adult emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Sequence 5/6

Wild Wonders of Europe / Muñoz / Short horned grasshopper (Acrididae family), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, a rewilding Europe Area, Salamanc, Castilla y Leon, Spain

Paul Hobson / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus), Coombes Dale, Derbyshire, UK

Paul Hobson / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus), Coombes Dale, Derbyshire UK

Ross Hoddinott / Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), resting on dead Yellow rattle stem, Vealend Farm, Devon, UK. August 2012.

Alex Hyde / Small Gold Grasshopper (Euthystira brachyptera) in alpine meadow, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) nymph, pink form. Photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) nymph, pink form photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) overhead view of nymph, pink form photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) nymph, pink form photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), overhead view photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Small Gold Grasshopper (Euthystira brachyptera) overhead view, photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Blue Winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) nymph camouflaged on rock, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Blue Winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) camouflaged on rock, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Blue Winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) camouflaged on rock, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Mike Wilkes / Large Painted Locust (Schistocerca melanocera) resting on rock. Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands.

Andy Sands / Mottled grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus) on Clustered bell heather flower mainly heathland species, Surrey, England, UK, August

Andy Sands / Mottled grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus) on sandy pathway of lowland heath, Surrey, England, UK, August

Andy Sands / Meadow / Short Horned grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) portrait on flower head, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July

Andy Sands / Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) sitting on sead head, Hertfordshire, England, UK, August

Kerstin Hinze / Short-horned grasshopper (Truxalis burtti) KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Alex Hyde / Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) on stone, by the river Allier, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Konrad Wothe / Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) Sahara, Libya, North Africa, December

Stephen Dalton / Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) portrait.

Stephen Dalton / Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) portrait.

MYN / John Tiddy / Spur throated locust (Austracris guttulosa) a large grasshopper about 55mm, when swarming they are one of Australia's major agricultural pests, Victoria, Australia, March. meetyourneighbours.net proje...

MYN / John Tiddy / Short-winged heath grasshopper (Rhitzala modesta) heathland habitat often with a eucalyptus canopy, Wimmera, Victoria, Australia, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / The Disappearing Grasshopper (Schizobothrus flavovittatus) Wimmera, Victoria, Australia, March. Named because at the end of long escape flights it dives into long grass, seeming to disappear. meetyour...

MYN / John Tiddy / Common macrotona grasshopper (Macrotona australis) Wimmera, Victoria, Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project

Konrad Wothe / Short horned / Mediterranean slant faced grasshopper (Acrida ungarica) amidst grass, Lykia, Tukey, Asia

Konrad Wothe / Short horned / Mediterranean slant faced grasshopper (Acrida ungarica) amidst grass, Lykia, Tukey, Asia

Konrad Wothe / Short horned / Mediterranean slant faced grasshopper (Acrida ungarica) amidst grass, Lykia, Tukey, Asia

Andy Sands / Meadow / Short Horned Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) on pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramadials). Bedfordshire, England, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Meadow / Short-horned Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) sitting on pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramadials) Bedfordshire, England, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) camouflaged on ribwort plantain seedhead. London, England, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Male Green mountain grasshopper (Miramella alpina) clinging to female on plant stem, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July

MYN / Niall Benvie / Slantfaced grasshopper (Chorthippus sp.), August

MYN / Niall Benvie / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus), Scotland, UK, August meetyourneighbours.net project

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus), Scotland, UK, August meetyourneighbours.net project

Laurie Campbell / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland, July

Robin Chittenden / Egyptian locust / grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium) Algarve, Portugal, October

Nick Upton / Female Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) resting on Woolly thistle leaf (Cirsium eriophorum), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Two striped grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Admirable grasshopper (Syrbula admirabilis) male, Dacusville, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, August.meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Admirable grasshopper (Syrbula admirabilis) female, Dacusville, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Short winged green grasshopper (Dichromorpha viridis) on acorn, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, October, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) Dacusville, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, September.meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Red legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum) dorsal view, Dacusville, South Carolina, USA, October, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Wrinkled grasshopper (Hippiscus ocelote) Dacusville, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Red legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum) Dacusville, South Carolina, USA, October, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Green-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus viridipes) Dacusville, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, June.meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Green-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus viridipes) Dacusville, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / John Tiddy / Slant faced grasshopper (Acrida conica) Victoria, Australia, March. meetyourneighbours.net project