Edited by Martin Husemann and Oliver Hawlitschek
Grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, bush crickets, and katydids make up the order of insects known as Orthoptera.
Although there about 30,000 species of Orthoptera around the world, many people pay little attention to them and even scientists know relatively little about them.
Yet the world of grasshoppers is a fascinating and diverse one.
