Plant-eating insects with powerful hind legs for leaping, one of the oldest groups of chewing plant-eaters. Under crowded conditions some species change colour and behaviour and swarm as locusts.
Quick answers
What is it?Insect
Carnivore?No, herbivore
Dangerous?No
Domesticated?No
Awake when?Daytime
Hibernates?No
Kept as a pet?Sometimes
Do people eat it?Yes
Grasshoppers are eaten in countries such as Mexico and Indonesia.
At a glance
Found inWorldwide
HabitatGrassland, Farmland, Desert
ColoursGreen, Brown
SizeTiny
Legs6
Covered inExoskeleton
Lives ingroups
Lives for1 year
Can fly
Lays eggs
In the wild
- Where it lives
- Worldwide, mostly in the tropics.
- What it eats
- Plants; swarming locusts can strip crops over wide areas.
Did you know
Its ears are on its abdomen, not its head.
Grasshoppers date back about 250 million years, to the early Triassic.
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