The Acrididae contains six sub-families and ca. 11,000 species of short-horned grasshoppers; it is the largest family of the Orthoptera. The family includes many familiar grasshoppers, including true locusts. Most short-horned grasshoppers inhabit open habitats and are diurnal. They are distributed worldwide.

Cyrtacanthacridinae (Bird Grasshoppers)
		Schistocerca quisqueya
Gomphocerinae (Slant-faced Grasshoppers)
		Green Fool Grasshopper (Acrolophitus hirtipes)
Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
		Hebard's Green-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus eurycercus)
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