The Red-legged grasshopper lives in North America. They are about 1 in long with black, brown, green body and red hind leg as shown in these pictures:
More about different grasshoppers.
Aka Melanoplus Femurrubrum.
They eat soybeans, oats, grass, and crops.
They wake up at 7am and start eating until about 6pm.
They can fly 40 feet.
http://www.uwyo.edu/entomology/grasshoppers/field-guide/mefe.html
