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

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

Cyril Ruoso / Harlequin grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus) Democratic Republic of the Congo. Non-ex

Pete Oxford / Leaf Katydid (Cycloptera speculata) camouflaged on leaf, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

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

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) on plant, Alsace, France, September.

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

Bernard Castelein / Great green bushcricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on plant amongst seedheads. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on flowerhead. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on flowerhead. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Edible cricket (Acheta domestica), many on stall at food market. Bangkok, Thailand.

Eduardo Blanco / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) hunting swarming Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo), mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. August.

Eduardo Blanco / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) hunting swarming Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo), mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. 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.

Fabio Pupin / European mole cricket, (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa), emerging from its burrow Italy, captive.

Loic Poidevin / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) gravid female on flower head, Vendee, France, October.

Loic Poidevin / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) ootheca, Vendee, France, October.

Rod Williams / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) female, New Cross Cutting, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June.

Loic Poidevin / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) female, Vendee, France,October.

Nick Upton / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on roadside verge, Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK, July.

Philippe Clement / Male Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) stridulating amongst Common broom (Cytisus scoparius) stalks, Belgium, August.

Philippe Clement / Male Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on Common broom (Cytisus scoparius) stalks, Belgium, August.

Chris Mattison / Dark bush cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) female, Whitelye, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Loic Poidevin / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) feeding on European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Rod Williams / Dark bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK. October.

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

Rod Williams / African field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) captive.

Rod Williams / Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) female, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK. October.

Rod Williams / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) male, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, August.

Konrad Wothe / Upland Green bush-cricket (Tettigonia cantans) male, Bavaria, Germany, August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa)female silhouetted, Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa),Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa),Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa),Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) female on hawthorn, Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa),Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) female on fern, Cantabria, Spain. September.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa),Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa),Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa),Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) female on fern, Cantabria, Spain. September.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) female, Cantabria, Spain. September.

Kim Taylor / Field cricket (Gryllus campestris) female. Apennines, Italy, May.

Kim Taylor / Field Cricket (Gryllus campestris) female. Apennines, Italy, May.

Loic Poidevin / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) on flower (Jacobaea maritima) Vendee, France, September

Loic Poidevin / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) gravid female feeding on spider on Silver ragwort (Jacobaea maritima) Vendee, France, September.

Emanuele Biggi / Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo), Italy, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Giant African mantis (Sphodromantis viridis) portrait, captive, occurs in West Africa.

Edwin Giesbers / Giant African mantis (Sphodromantis viridis) portrait viewed from below, captive, occurs in West Africa.

Edwin Giesbers / Giant African mantis (Sphodromantis viridis) portrait, captive, occurs in West Africa.

Loic Poidevin / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) on a blade of grass, Vendee, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa), with a prey White butterfly (Leptidea sp.), Isere, France, October.

Lorraine Bennery / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa), with a prey White butterfly (Leptidea sp.), Isere, France, October.

Sue Daly / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on blackberry, Sark, British Channel Islands, October.

Sue Daly / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima), on buddleia, Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Sue Daly / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female laying eggs, Sark, British Channel Islands, August

Sue Daly / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima), Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Michel Poinsignon / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) male on plant waiting for prey, Arnaville,Lorraine, France

Stephen Dalton / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus paralllelus) jumping,, Sussex, England, UK, August.

Brian Bevan / Female Great-green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on bracken, Limoges, France, June.

James Dunbar / Male Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) stridulating, England, UK, September.

James Dunbar / Male Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) stridulating, England, UK, September.

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

Nick Upton / Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) pink-phase nymph resting on a Bracken frond, Studland heath, Dorset, UK, July.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Sickle-bearing bush-cricket (Phaneroptera falcata), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Sickle-bearing bush-cricket (Phaneroptera falcata), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Stripe-winged grasshopper (Stenobothrus lineatus), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Kim Taylor / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) female, Bulgaria, July.

Kim Taylor / European field cricket (Gryllus campestris) La Palma, Canary Islands, October.

Ingo Arndt / Fire set by farmer to kill migrating locusts (Locusta migratoria capito). Very often the fire gets out of control and destroys many hectares of grassland. Near Isalo National Park, Madagascar. August...

Ingo Arndt / Barrel with insecticide for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) control action against migratory locust (Locusta migratoria capito), Airport Miandrivazo, Madagascar December 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Barrel with insecticide for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) control action against migratory locust (Locusta migratoria capito), Airport Miandrivazo, Madagascar December 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Farmers harvesting rice (aerial photo). Habitat for migratory locust (Locusta migratoria capito), near Miandrivazo, Madagascar, December 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria capito) swarm flying, Isalo National Park, Madagascar. August 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria capito) swarm flying, Isalo National Park, Madagascar. August 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) locust control operation. Spraying insecticides on the ground to kill Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria capito) nymphs. Ground control operations are necessa...

Ingo Arndt / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) locust control operation. Spraying insecticides on the ground to kill Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria capito) nymphs. Ground control operations are necessa...

Ingo Arndt / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) locust control operation. Preparation of equipment for spraying insecticides on ground to kill migratory locust (Locusta migratoria capito) nymphs. Ground contr...

Ingo Arndt / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) locust control operation. Preparation of equipment for spraying insecticides on ground to kill migratory locust (Locusta migratoria capito) nymphs. Ground contr...

Ingo Arndt / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) locust control operation. Preparation of equipment for spraying insecticides on ground to kill migratory locust (Locusta migratoria capito) nymphs. Ground contr...

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...

Ingo Arndt / People loading Migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria capito) loaded in plastic sack for transport. Caught for human consumption and using mosquito nets in early morning when they can not fly long dist...

Ingo Arndt / Migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria capito) roasted and eaten by a farmer and his sons. Near Isalo National Park, Madagascar. August 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria capito) roasted over a fire. Near Isalo National Park, Madagascar. August 2013.