Grasshoppers are pretty cool and don't present an ecological concern, unless they morph into locusts.
Locusts are the Frankenstein of grasshoppers.
The downside of locusts is they devour crops. The upside of locust is they are a nourishing and tasty edible which can easily replace the food source they just destroyed.
Yes, I have eaten imported locust via Reeses. However, Reeses labeled them as "grasshoppers." I'm pretty sure they are locusts since grasshoppers don't gather en-mass. Anyway, whatever you want to call them, they are quite tasty. Skewered, slow roasted, and drizzled with Himalayan pink salt in virgin olive oil, over a low, open fire pit flame is a tasty "tit-for-tat" for a so-called insect plague.
