Grasshoppers Report Sophie

Grasshoppers are brown, grey or green coloured. Grasshoppers are between 5-7 cm long. Their body is made up of 3 main parts - head, thorax and abdomen. They also have a mouth with strong jaws, 2 large eyes, 3 smaller eyes and 2 antennae. They have 6 legs and their 2 back legs are very muscular.

Grasshoppers prefer their habitats to be dry with lots of grass. Some grasshoppers like living in the jungle and some in forests. They live all over the world except Antarctica.

Grasshoppers stay in their egg for about 5-10 weeks. Grasshoppers hatch they turn into a nymphs. When grasshoppers are little they look like an adult grasshopper but smaller and after the egg and the nymph comes the adult stage where they grow wings.

A grasshopper eats wheat, corn, plants and leaves. Grasshoppers’ predators are some birds, rodents and moles.

There are around 11,000 species of grasshopper found around the world, living in grassy fields, meadows and forest areas. Some grasshoppers make noises by either rubbing their back legs against their wings or body, or by snapping their wings when flying.