–by Jeff Whitworth — Field Crops Entomologist
Grasshoppers continue developing, mainly still in grassy/weedy areas, adjacent to crop fields.
These grasshoppers generally can fly for a short distance, but are not yet adults (see fig 3). As they continue feeding and developing however, and the hot/dry conditions continue, these grasshoppers will become adults, which means more mobile, and probably then fly to the more succulent crops nearby.
Figure 3: Grasshopper