I have a bunch of lizards in my veggie garden that take care of the grasshoppers. I have not seen any damage from the grasshoppers yet. They mostly feed on the bushes around the garden, which is fine by me. When I see them I just spray with heavy Neem Oil solution. This is said to sterilize them and keep them from reproducing. Idk how true it is. But it is like a game. I put my hand pump sprayer on the stream setting and use them as target practice. Since spraying spinosad in my light dep screenhouse I have not seen 1 damn thrip!! Spinosad rocked their asses. I have recently found out I have beneficial parasitic wasps in my veggie garden protecting my squash, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Pretty cool, I always see them on my pepper plants. And I figured they were predatory wasps, so I let them be. I researched them and I was right. Pretty cool. I just need to figure out how to get some into the veg screenhouse now lol.