This grasshopper is a pest of rangelands but will also invade yards. They are about 1 inch long and the small portion of the hind leg is red. It prefers waste areas to feed and lay eggs but flower beds will also suffice. Angular winged Katydid Forewings that look like tree leaves are characteristic of these insects. They have short sword-like ovipositors and long thin antennae.
Eggs are flat, tan, and laid in overlapping rows on tree limbs.
Mormon Cricket Mormon crickets are common in southern Idaho and northern Utah and Nevada. They prefer feeding on range grasses but sometimes invade crops or yards. They can be seen marching in large numbers. Most are dark reddish brown or dark greenish brown and the females have long, sword shaped ovipositors. Jerusalem Cricket Jerusalem crickets are nocturnal, wingless crickets.