Bright green grasshoppers are popping up all over Arkansas, leaving many wondering why these little guys have come up in a swarm. University of Arkansas Extension entomologist Gus Lorenz has some ...

Hudson said grasshoppers eat young, green plants. In previous seasons, there have been more hot, dry spells to toughen up the vegetation — hence more prime grasshopper food.

The beautiful green grasshopper Warramaba virgo is one of these rare “parthenogenetic” species, in which an egg can develop into an embryo without being fertilised by a sperm. It lives in the southern ...