Grasshoppers Ben

Scientific name for a grasshopper is Caelifera. The size of a grasshopper is 2-5 cms long. The colour of grasshoppers are mostly light colours. The grasshopper has three body parts thorax, abdomen and head. They also have a mouth full of jaws they also to very large eyes and long antennae


The grasshopper can move three ways jump, fly and walk. A grasshopper jumps when it uses it’s hind legs as catapults. There is a part in it’s knee that acts like a spring releasing energy when it jumps.

A grasshopper eats some small insects. It also eats flowers, grass and leaves. Grasshoppers are prey to birds and small mammals.

The egg is laid underground with only the tip sticking out of the ground it takes about 2 to 5 weeks for it to hatch.The nymph is the second stage of a grasshopper it is getting ready to be an adult by moulting. It takes about 2 to 5 weeks for it to turn into an adult. Adult is the last stage of a grasshopper life. They usually only live for about 10 months then it will die.

A grasshopper useful body parts are the wings. The wings help the grasshoppers escape from it’s predators like spiders. When a grasshopper flies there is less chance of it getting stuck in a web because of it’s big eyes. They are made for seeing almost invisible things like spider webs.