grasshopper

belongs to the class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae

This insect is not unknown in Israel.

In Judges 6:5; 7:12; Job 39:30; Jeremiah 46:23, where the King James Version has “grasshopper,” the Revised King James Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word ('arbeh) by “locust.”

This is the case also in Amos 7:1; Nahum 3:17, where the Hebrew word Gob is used; and in Leviticus 11:22; Numbers 13:33; Eccl. 12:5; Isaiah 40:22, where hagab is used. In all these instances the proper rendering is probably “locust”.