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  Grasshopper - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The Acrididae family includes the Locust, which can be a serious economic pest.
Eggs are laid in the ground with a foamy substance around them to protect them during incubation; typically the number of eggs laid by a female is between 400 and 500.
When populations of certain species of Short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae grow too big, its members start swarming and transform into locusts.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/r/a/Grasshopper.html   (1319 words)

  
 John L. Capinera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Squitier, J.M. Observations on the phenology of common Florida grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae).
Development of a toxic bait for eastern lubber grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae).
Key to the grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of Florida.
entnemdept.ufl.edu /capiner.htm   (173 words)

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