AMERICAN GRASSHOPPER
The American Grasshopper leaps through fields and meadows and along dusty roads all through the summer. They have long back legs and large thighs. A grasshopper can jump 10 times higher then their body and 20 times their length. They only fly a short length at a time and land to rest and eat. The grasshopper is a serious threat to the peanut, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, vegetable, citrus trees, wheat, barley, corn, rye, and oat crops. They can wipe out a crop in no time at all. They also like the Bahia grass, Bermuda grass, dogwood, hickory, crabgrass, woods grass, and nut grass.
Most grasshoppers are about 1 to 5 inches in length when fully grown. Only adult grasshoppers can fly and some adults may change body colors. Mostly male grasshoppers make sounds but there are some female's that make noise also. All grasshoppers make sounds by rubbing their back legs and front wings against other body parts.
All grasshoppers start to mate around 2 weeks after they become adults. The female grasshoppers use their Ovipositor to make holes in the grass and dirt so they can lay eggs in a covered area. They have two hatching periods. They will start to lay eggs in a period from April to May and again from August to September. When they are adults they will be able to fly with the others.
Most grasshoppers can be found in the Great Plains and South of the Fortieth Latitude mark. The range also includes the Bahamas and Mexico. Most grasshoppers are found in great swarms.
Source's
http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~insect/field
By Melanie B.