Grasshoppers

The hypopharynx is the muscular organ in a grasshopper that manipulates the food for swallowing. There are hundreds of grasshopper species.

Of course, they are for jumping, but grasshoppers seldom jump except when they want to take off and fly, or escape an enemy. If you have tried to catch grasshoppers by hand, you will know that they can jump well enough and some kinds can fly well enough, to be hard to catch.

They also use their jumping legs for kicking if you catch them. If you look at the hind legs, you will find that they usually have a ridge of thorny spikes down the hind legs. Some large grasshoppers often have such spiny hind legs that they can kick you painfully if you catch one. A mouse often would like to catch and eat grasshoppers, but it it has been kicked on the nose by the first one it met, it would usually screw up its eyes and jump back as soon as it smells one. In South Africa where I live, we have a species of large garden grasshopper with the scientific name: Acanthacris ruficornis. acanth- comes from the Greek for "thorn" and -acris for grasshopper. When you grab one of those the wrong way the spiky hind legs can kick your fingers painfully! (ruficornis means red-horned, but never mind that!)

Another thing that some grasshoppers including Acanthacris, will use their hind legs for, is that if you grab one by the hind leg and it cannot get away, it will break off its hind leg, using special muscles round a weak spot in the leg. It also has special muscles that prevent it from bleeding where the leg comes off.

So: the main uses are jumping, kicking, and getting away from things that grab them. There are some unusual examples of other uses, but they are not what most people want to know when they ask such a question.

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In warm fields all over the world.

Grasshoppers do not have taste buds. They consume their food strictly out of instinct, without a need to taste it.

Depending what size it is a meal, a huge meal (with take out), or a family meal. Or they might make in to a temporary shelter or home. POSSIBLLY both.

Well, if it's a male grasshopper, that means that it is ready to mate. If it's a female, and you also have a male, chances are she's pregnant. If you don't know if it's a male or a female... you're pretty much out of luck unless you a) take it to the vet or b) you get another to see if it does the same or c) find another site like animalplanet.com or something like that.( or you could set it free, because it probably misses its ''real'' home. It may be hard but I'm sure you can do it and get another one!)

in ditches

Green grasshoppers can be either male or female, as they are a species that exhibits sexual dimorphism. Both genders are typically green, but females usually have a more robust body and may have a noticeable ovipositor for laying eggs. In contrast, males tend to be slimmer and may have more pronounced features like larger wings. Therefore, not all green grasshoppers are girls; both sexes exist within the species.

It has both

salmon do not eat grasshoppers for they are to big so they might eat crickets . salmon do eat krill though wich is is a tiny metephor of shrimps

The abdomen region of a grasshopper consists of the wings, tympanum, spiracles, and two pairs of legs. The wings, tympamnum, spiracles, and legs are used for locomotion of the grasshopper.

The exoskeleton of a grasshopper gives it its form. This allows the grasshopper to be protected and to move as quickly as it does.

The exoskeleton of a grasshopper serves as a layer of protection, support, feeding, and excreting. It is flexible to allow the grasshopper to move easily.

of course they do.Also,grasshoppers have sharp legs too!

The scientific name for a grasshopper is Orthoptera caelifera. A quick note: scientific names are always Latin.

Grasshoppers do not build nests. They are not territorial, they lay eggs in the soil and then more on once the eggs hatch.

a cross between a stinkbug and a spider.

any color

They eat grass and plants. They never eat other insects (:

Grasshoppers don't have the kind of teeth that humans and other animals have. Grasshoppers use "mandibles" , most of which are located inside their mouths on both sides. These mandibles are used to tear off food and chew as well.