Grasshoppers, also known as grasshoppers, grasshoppers, short-horned grasshoppers and Cao Meng, are the general names of ORTHOPTERA Acridoidea. They belong to incomplete metamorphosis insects, including eggs, nymphs and adults. Larvae and adult are similar, but their wings are different. They will eat cereals, fruits, vegetables and other crops, mainly Gramineae and Cyperaceae plants, and bite their leaves into notches or holes, which will do harm to agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry and cause serious economic losses.

A large number, tenacious vitality, can survive in various places. More common in hillsides, low-lying forest areas, semi-arid areas and grasslands. Most herbivores are important pests of crops. In severe drought, it may erupt in large numbers, causing disasters to nature and human beings.

Common measures to eliminate locusts:

1. Agricultural and biological pesticides with high efficiency and low toxicity can be used in locust-stricken areas. Protect predatory natural enemies in locust areas. Or put chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry on the hillside for prevention and control.

2. Reduce the habitat of locusts. Some locusts are low-lying, which can be transformed into shrimp farming in pond culture, greatly reducing the habitat of locusts.

3, reduce the food of locusts, many kinds of locusts eat corn, sorghum, rice, millet and so on. , but don't eat soybeans, alfalfa, fruit trees, etc. Planting more trees such as soybeans, alfalfa and fruit trees in locust occurrence areas can effectively control locusts.