Grasshopper-+Tahlia



Introduction: Grasshoppers are in a group called the Orthoptera.They can jump really high. A Grasshopper is an insect.

Anatomy: A grasshopper can be up to 5mm -100mm in length. A grasshopper has a Head,a Thorax and an Abdomen.A grasshopper has lots of __body parts__ like six joined legs, two pairs of wings and two antennae. Their boby is covered with a head exoskeleton. Grasshoppers breathe though a series of holes called spiracles.These are locted along the sides of the body.The long hind legs are used for hopping. The short front leg are used to hold thir prey and to walk. Habitat: Grasshoppers are found in warm plases but dry places with a lot of grass for example forest,grass lands,desert and in mountains,but not in the north and south poles.

Feeding and Predators: They eat plants like corn, cotton, soybeans and other farm crops. A grasshopper’s prey includes spiders, ants, mantis, birds, monkeys, snakes and chameleons.



Food Chain:



Reproduction:

A male grasshopper sings to attract a mate. Then a male and a female mate. After mating she lays the eggs.

Lifecycle:

1: The female digs a hole in the soil and then she lays around 100 eggs at a time into the hole with a foam liquid.2: The eggs hatch into nymphs.3: The nymph larva shed their skin, or moult as they grow.4: After the nymphs final moult it is an adult grasshopper.

Did you know?

There can be 50 billion desert grasshoppers in one swarm.

That a male grasshopper is smaller then a female.