The habitat for the Differential Grasshopper is fields, open woods, and edges of ponds, streams, and lakes. They eat many different types of plants, including: grasses, weeds, crops, clover, and fruits. Differential Grasshoppers breed in late Summer and early Fall. Females press long egg masses (1 inch long) down into the soil near some weeds. A female grasshopper may lay up to eight egg masses, with about 25 eggs in each.