Grasshoppers are green, relatively large insects. They have six legs. They use their strong back legs to leap across long distances. 

During the summer, grasshopper can be identified by the chirring sound emitted by their males. The male grasshopper produces the sound by rubbing its back legs against its wings. The purpose of the sound is to attract female grasshoppers. Each grasshopper species has a different kind of chirring sound. 

Grasshoppers have short horns, whereas bush crickets or long-horned grasshoppers have long horns.


A grasshopper and a bush cricket.