A guideline resource for locust and grasshopper management is a document that outlines recommended practices or procedures to follow in a given pest-management context. It gives general information on one to many topics related to managing locusts and grasshoppers, such as monitoring timing, thresholds for action, reporting requirements, and treatment options, and it can also include biological and ecological information about species, behavior, life cycles, distribution, and habitat.

A guideline differs from a field guide and a control manual in what it is trying to help the user do. A guideline explains the recommended way to act in a management situation, while a field guide helps with identifying locust or grasshopper species, and a control manual helps with understanding and managing the underlying control logic, such as escalation criteria, decision rules, operational oversight, and coordination procedures.

If guidelines are helpful, you may also be interested in control manuals, FAQs, identification guides and field guides because they all provide practical help for using, understanding, or navigating a topic. A guideline is especially useful when you want recommended practices with some flexibility, so it pairs well with other reference-style resources that support action and decision-making.

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Name	Year published	Resource link	Author
2014 evaluation of field trials data on the efficacy and selectivity of insecticides on locusts and grasshoppers	2014	View	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
A Guide to Grasshopper Control in Cropland	2008	View	John C. Campbell, Gary L. Hein
A Guide to Grasshopper Control on Rangeland	2008	View	John C. Campbell, Gary L. Hein, Patrick E. Reece
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	1993	View	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service, D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland, DJ. Ferguson
Agricultural marketing advisory note: brown locust outbreak in South Africa	2020	View	National Agricultural Marketing Council
Agricultural plant pest management	2001	View	Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, F.R. Beard, H.M. Deer, S. Thomson, J.B Karren, D.G. Alston, A.H. Roe, S.A. Dewey
Alabama Cooperative Extension System Biology and Control of Mole Crickets
Alfalfa insect pest management 2024	2024		Kansas State University
APLC Lab Rearing Procedures and Schedule	2026	View	Australian Plague Locust Commission
Atlas of desert locust breeding habitats	1997		Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, George Basil Popov, G.B. Popov
Australian plague locust	2023	View
Birds and Wildlife as Grasshopper Predators		View
Calendars 2023 on locust control safety measures	2023		FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) locust management materials			Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Community-wide grasshopper control	2020	View	Utah State University, Marion Murray
Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 3 The World Bank Group	2021	View	Intergovernmental Authority on Development
FAO desert locust guidelines control	2001		Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO desert locust guidelines safety and environmental precautions	2001		Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO operated digital tools
FAO’s technical series on locust management in the Caucasus and Central Asia	2026		Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Alexandre Latchininsky
Field crop and forage pests and their natural enemies in Western Canada	2018	View	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Field efficacy trials with the entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum (Green Muscle) against the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) and monitoring of it's operational use	2007	View	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Grasshopper & Mormon Cricket Control Ag Producer Assistance Handbook		View
Grasshopper & Mormon Cricket Control Insecticide Reimbursement Handbook		View
Grasshopper biology and monitoring		View	University of Wyoming, Judee Wargo
Grasshopper control in gardens and small acreages	2013	View	Colorado State University, W.S. Cranshaw, R. Hammon
Grasshopper guidebook provisional	2008	View	United States Department of Agriculture
Grasshopper IPM program		View	North Dakota State University
Grasshopper Management in Rangeland, Pastures, and Crops		View	Tom A. Royer, Phillip G. Mulder
Grasshopper management in the Pacific Northwest	2020	View	Carmen Willmore, Jason Thomas, Steven Hines
Grasshopper management tips	2010	View
Grasshoppers and their control		View	Texas A&M University, Carl D. Patrick
Grasshoppers in field crops	2014	View	Colorado State University, F.B. Peairs
Grasshoppers in Utah	1990	View	Edward W. Evans
Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, they're everywhere		View	Montana State University, Ruth O'Neill, Kevin Wanner
Guidelines for developing research proposals		View	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
How to control grasshoppers in Oklahoma	1937	View	Oklahoma State University, Fenton FA
Insect answers	1990	View	Daniel Suomi, Gary Thomasson, Dave Keim
Integrated Pest Management Environmental Guidelines for Small-Scale Activities in Africa	2009	View	United States Agency for International Development
International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management	2024	View	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Dr Jane Bonds
Kansas State University research and extension grasshopper info	2023	View	Kansas State University
Landscape pests		View
Locust pesticide referee group reports			Locust Pesticide Referee Group
Locusts in Queensland	2003	View
Managing locusts in Queensland	2022	View
North Dakota field crop insect management guide	2023	View	North Dakota State University, Janet J. Knodel, Patrick Beauzay, Mark Boetel, Anitha Chirumamilla
NorthWest Africa Grasshoppers and locusts		View
Operational-scale field trial with Green Muscle	2005	View	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Pacific Northwest Pest Management Handbook
Practical Guidelines on Pesticide Risk Reduction for Locust Control in CCA	2019		FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Harold Van der Valk
Practical guidelines on the three locust pests in Caucasus and Central Asia	2019		FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Protect your pastures from Mormon grasshoppers and crickets		View
Protecting U.S. rangeland from grasshoppers and Mormon crickets	2021	View	United States Department of Agriculture
Rangeland Grasshopper Management	1993		University of Wyoming, Jeffrey Lockwood, Scott Schell
Rearing and Breeding Locusts in the Laboratory	1966	View	Anti-Locust Research Centre, Philip Hunter-Jones
Resources for an outbreak campaign		View
Situation and recommendations for controlling the Central American locust in the countries of the OIRSA region	2020	View	International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health
South Dakota pest management guides	2025	View	Philip Rozeboom, Adam Varenhorst, Patrick Wagner, Eric Jones, Paul O. Johnson, Madalyn Shires, Connie Strunk
Standard operating procedure (SOP) locust management in Queensland	2022	View	Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
The desert locust guidelines biology and behavior	1994	View	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Theoretical-practical instruction for piloting HP2	2020	View	FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
UC Integrated Pest Management for Home Gardeners and Landscape Professionals	2013	View	University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
University of Florida IFAS Gardening Solutions Eastern Lubber Grasshopper			University of Florida
USDA APHIS Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey program		View	United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine
Utah pests fact sheet	2008	View	Utah State University, Edward W. Evans, Erin W. Hodgson
UWYO information on reduced agent and area treatments (RAATs)			University of Wyoming, Alexandre Latchininsky
Weather and Desert Locusts	2016	View	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Workshop on Research Priorities for Migrant Pests of Agriculture in Southern Africa	1999	View