The Grasshopper

"Grass was so last season....Walls are the new thing now"
Photo by Eulo Peneyra

Common Name: Grasshopper

Scientific Name: Acridoidea

Photo Taken in Redwood Villas, Clark, Pampanga in September 2016

About Grasshoppers

     Grasshoppers are herbivorous insects of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish them from bush crickets or katydids, they are sometimes referred to as short-horned grasshoppers. Species that change colour and behaviour at high population densities are called locusts.

    A Grasshopper is an amazing insect that can leap 20 times the length of its own body. If you or I could do that, we would be able to jump almost 40 yards!

   A Grasshopper does not actually ‘jump’. What they do is use their legs as a catapult. Grasshoppers can both jump and fly and they can reach a speed of 8 miles per hour when flying. There are about 18,000 different species of grasshoppers.

Sources:

https://animalcorner.co.uk/animals/grasshopper/

Photo and description by Eulo Peneyra