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Categorized under "General" Definition as written by Terry: A hopping member of the Orthoptera order of insects. Grasshoppers feed on many types of plant foliage, sometimes completely defoliating and destroying the plant.
Chemical sprays are often used to control infestations, although grasshopper spore is also a viable option, and some claim to have good success with homemade grasshopper bait Definition as written by PotEmUp: They start life small, but hungry.
(Click for full-size) Definition as written by Floridian: Plant-eating orthopteran insects, Acrididae, Tettigoniidae, and other related families, that have hind legs adapted for jumping and biting mouth parts. Some grasshoppers engage in migratory flights or swarms leaving whole regions stripped of vegetation
(Click for full-size) Definition as written by JoanJ: Young hopper on a rose cane
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