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My Home: I
am found in gardens, fields, on crops and forests in almost all climates
worldwide.
What I eat:
I am an herbivore, which means I eat
only plants.
What I look like:
I come in many sizes and up to 5 inches in length. I can walk, hop
great distances and even fly. I have five eyes and no ears, but can
still hear with a special organ on my abdomen called a
tympanal organ.
My large back legs are used for hopping and making music. My smaller
front legs are used for eating and walking.
How I am born:
I go through three stages of
development: egg, nymph and adult. My egg is laid in the fall and will
hatch during the spring. I hatch into a nymph, which looks like an adult
grasshopper, but without wings. I shed my skin many times to grow. When
I become an adult I have developed wings. I will live about one year.
Fun Facts:
They make their sound (music) by rubbing their wings or legs together.
They can jump 20 times the length of their body. That would be like a
6’ man jumping 120 feet.
There are over 18,000 different species worldwide. |
