I seem to have won the grasshopper war without pesticides. I'm now what you might consider to be a mass murderer.
Did you know those bastard creatures were eating my chillis before they were even ripe. In fact, they seemed to prefer the flowers and new green fruits before they came into their true colour.
There are a lot of headless grasshopper skeletons in my side garden now and my new chilli crop is just about ready to be picked.