it would effect the; grasshoppers themselves, snakes; they wouldn't have as much food to eat, and hawks; who wouldn't have much snakes to eat. so those are all affected negatively. but the grass and mushrooms would flourish ; the grass doesn't have any crickets munching on it, and the mushrooms would have a lot more dead animals to decompose. so therefore, grass hoppers are a major factor in the food chain so it would effect everything in the food chain some would die.