Adult - Fully grown grasshoppers range in length from 19 to 38 mm.
Coloration varies with species.
Redlegged grasshoppers are reddish brown with a yellow underside. The differential grasshopper is basically brownish yellow or olive green with contrasting black markings on the hindlegs which distinctively resemble chevrons. Greenish yellow in color, the twostriped grasshopper has two pale stripes running down its back from the head to the wing tips. Color plate . Egg - Egg pods are oval to elongate and often curved.