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Grasshoppers
Ahh! Grasshopper! Curious are you? This category will answer some of your questions. Herbivorous insects with a three-part body consisting of head, thorax and abdomen, six jointed legs, two pairs of wings, and two antennae. 18,000 known species should keep you hopping in your quest for knowledge.
1,312 Questions
The appearance of a grasshopper?
It is a grasshopper.
There is one type that jump and then can fly for more than 100 m without resting.
As a grasshopper, they are grey, light brown or black and when they fly they show black wings w/ a yellow rim around the outer edge.
They are deceptively graceful, and blend in well w/ the dry scrub they call home.
How do you grasshoppers have babies?
They lay eggs and the babies go into the ground and stay there until they are eproximuntly 7 yrs. old, which is 13 for humans. Then they pop up out of the ground. When they do, we have summer, and its very humid.
How high does a grasshopper and human jump?
This might not be too helpful, but grasshoppers can jump about twenty times their own size.
What is the genus and species of a Japanese cicada?
Hi, I lived in Japan for 8 years and studied the cicada species there. Bad news is that there are around thirty different species in Japan, each quite different in song and appearance than the other. If you can post a photo of the cicada in question I can get the genus/species name. Fred
What is the function of the hindgut in the grasshoppers body?
"Midgut or Mesenteron: It is a short tube and is marked by the gastric caecae at the anterior border and the insertion of malpighian tubules posterior. It is the part where the digestion and absorption of food takes place.
Gastric Cecae: These are also called hepatic cease or enteric cecae. They are blind tubes, in cockroach eight in numbers. It's proximal end open at the beginning of the midgut. It increases the surface area of midgut which facilitates digestion and absorption of food"
No I'm assuming you are doing the book "exploring creation with biology" the answers to the appendix A questions are on page 34.
What is the difference between a leaf hopper and a grass hopper?
"Locusts are part of a large group of insects commonly called grasshoppers which have big hind legs for jumping. Locusts belong to the family called Acrididae [,short-horned grasshoppers]. Locusts differ from grasshoppers in that they have the ability to change their behaviour and habits and can migrate over large distances. As Desert Locusts increase in number and become more crowded, they change their behavior from that of acting as an individual (solitarious) insect to that as acting as part of a group (gregarious). The appearance of the locust also changes: solitary adults are brown whereas gregarious adults are pink (immature) and yellow (mature). Up until 1921, it was thought that the Desert Locust was actually two different species of locusts." http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/en/info/info/faq/
Which is bigger a butterfly or a grasshopper?
butterfly's have a bigger wing span, but some grasshoppers have larger bodies.
What are the three stages of metamorphosis a grasshopper undergoes?
About 10% of insects go through an incomplete metamorphosis. They do not have a pupa form -- these include dragonflies, grasshoppers and cockroaches.
These insects have three stages in their life cycle:
- egg: unborn stage.
- larva: young stage -- this is when most of the feeding is done.
- adult: final, breeding stage - including wings.
What do the mandibles do on a grasshopper?
grasshopper mandibles are what they use to chew and grind their food they have a left and right mandible and they have jagged edges
How many ganglions does a grasshopper brain have?
a grasshopper's brain is approximately the size of one purple skittle.
Mandibles of grasshoppers have 2 types of cutting surfaces called molar (sometimes called also tricuspid) and incisor.
See image link.
How do grasshoppers escape predators?
some use their wings to fly away, their camouflage to hide from the predators, or use their back legs to jump far away
Yes. The common grasshopper starts life as a grassy green, and matures to a dull brown color.
What is one reason a grasshopper population may increase rapidly?
A grasshopper population may increase rapidly if there is an abundance of food. This may also happen if there is a decrease in predators.
What does the grasshopper's pronotum do?
The function of the pronotum on the grasshopper is for protection. It is located behind their head and is a type of armor.
The kind of bug that looks like a grasshopper and a praying mantis combination, is a cricket. In fact crickets are sometimes mistaken for grasshoppers because they look so similar.
Why do you suppose grasshoppers are not found above the field layer?
Its because they aren't built for digging, and all there food is found in flowers and bushes above ground. Going to the ground could mean meeting ants, spiders, and more likely to get squished on be a larger animal.
