Common Habitats for Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers are found all around the world — in fact, the only continent that isn’t plagued by them is Antarctica.

While you can find them in many different types of landscapes, they prefer warm, dry climates and areas with low-lying grasses and plants.

This means you’re likely to find them in fields, deserts, meadows, grasslands, and mountains. And your garden, of course.

What Do Grasshoppers Eat?

Grasshoppers eat plants, but most specialize on grasses or broadleaf plants.

Pest species, on the other hand, feed on a wide variety of plants and will readily switch from grasses to broadleaves.

As nymphs, grasshoppers tend to congregate and remain near their hatching areas.

They will remain there as long as there is an adequate supply of food and shelter.

When food runs out they will move. Immature grasshoppers can’t move very far, because they don’t have wings, but winged adults can fly for miles in search of new food sources​

Hungry grasshoppers like gardens because they have optimal moisture and excellent plant growing conditions. That gives them an abundant food supply that they don’t have to spend much energy to get to.

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