Acrididae (short-horn grasshoppers - weed bioagents)

Orthoptera (against weeds) • insects • weed bioagents • Beneficials/natural enemies

Eichhornia crassipes damaged by Cornops aquaticum (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): I.G. (Hardi) Oberholzer, ARC - Plant Protection Research Institute
Source: IPM Images

Acrididae (short-horn grasshoppers - weed bioagents)
Several species of short-horned grasshoppers (family Acrididae) are harmful to weeds or have been used as biological control agents.

For species harmful to crops see Acrididae (plant pests).

The following genera are currently entered as weed bioagents under the family Acrididae:

• Cornops (genus - weed bioagents)