Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are insects.
There are 2 kinds of grasshoppers;
short-horned grasshoppers which have short antennae,
and
long-horned grasshoppers which have long antenna.
Grasshoppers live in most parts of the world, except where it is very cold.
A grasshopper's body
Their bodies have three main parts: the head, the thorax and the abdomen. A hard shell called an exoskeleton covers the body. Exoskeleton means 'outside skeleton' because insects do not have a skeleton inside their bodies like mammals do.
Two antennae (feelers) grow from a grasshopper's head.
Grasshoppers have five eyes and can see to the front, to the side, and to the back. Eyes like this are called compound eyes.
Grasshoppers have six legs with strong leg muscles.
Most grasshoppers have two pairs of wings. The male grasshopper rubs a leg up against the back of a wing to make a noise which attracts the female grasshopper.
Grasshoppers breathe through holes, called spiracles, along the sides of the abdomen and the thorax.
Go here for a diagram of a grasshopper's body
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/orthoptera/labelgrasshopper/ DID YOU KNOW? A large grasshoppers can jump a distance of about 20 times the length of its body.
Food
Most kinds of grasshopper eat plants, but some long-horned grasshoppers also eat dead animals or catch and eat other insects.
Grasshoppers can be a pest to farmers when they eat farm crops.
Enemies
Beetles, birds, lizards, mice, snakes, and Spiders prey on grasshoppers.
Grasshoppers protect themselves from enemies by jumping or flying away. They also bite their enemies with their strong jaws. They use camouflage too. Their colour helps them hide on leaves if the grasshopper is green, or on rocks or on the ground if the grasshopper is brown.
Grasshoppers use camouflage to hide: here a brown grasshopper hides on some rocks
Female grasshoppers
Female grasshoppers have a strong, sharp ovipositor, which means 'egg placer', at the end of the abdomen. Eggs come out of the female's body through the ovipositor.
Grasshoppers are eaten by Chinese, Mexican, and African people as a snack or for soups.
They catch them at dusk, place them in water for 24 hours after which they fry, boil or add them into soup...
yes, a frog could eat a grass hopper.
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