"They are hopping into people's homes and garages, they splatter the windshield and car grill while driving, and they will eat people's plants." So what are they? Well, news outlets are calling them grasshoppers, but if they're swarming, does that make them locusts? read more
Grasshoppers and locusts are closely related insects both in the Acrididae family. Locusts are in fact, grasshoppers which develop gregarious behaviors under optimum environmental conditions which involve the presence of large populations of grasshoppers. read more
Both locusts and grasshoppers feed on mainly grasses, but many other plants are also eaten. Both are eaten by a wide variety of animals and parasitised by mites, worms and other insects such as the wasps of the genus Scelio, which parasitise the eggs. In some parts of the world locusts are eaten by people. read more