Grasshopper Mac

Grasshoppers can be green, brown, grey or reddish green this is dependant on where they live or where they were born. Grasshopper babies are up to 5 cms and an adult is up to 12 cms in length. Only adults grasshoppers have wings, not immature nymphs. Grasshoppers have three main body parts head, thorax, and abdomen. They have 6 legs and special hairs on their legs to help make noise.

Grasshoppers are found in all contents apart from Antarctica. They live in dry open places. These places need to be grassy, they also need low plants to provide shade.

Grasshoppers mate to reproduce. Grasshoppers lifecycle starts as an egg. After about two weeks it is born to become a wingless nymph. Then after another two or five weeks and numerous moults it becomes an adult that will then go on to grow wings.

Grasshoppers eat plants such as corn, wheat, barley and alfalfa. They also eat small insects like aphids, ants and spiders. Their predators are beetles, praying mantis, rodents and amphibians.

Grasshoppers special features are that they have special legs that let them jump super high. They use there hind legs as catapults and bend them down there like rubber so it's easier to pounce high with. They can make a chirping sound with there hind legs. To chirp male grasshoppers rub its hind leg against it's fore wing and the wing vibrates to make a cello sound. When they’re an adult they can fly up to eat crops this is when they become known as locusts.