Did you know this about Grasshoppers…..?
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There are 18,000 kinds of grasshoppers in the world.
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The grasshopper can live in all kinds of habitats.
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The colors of the Painted grasshopper warn birds not to eat them.
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Painted grasshoppers hatch in May or June.
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The Painted Grasshopper is yellow, black, orange and white.
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The Painted Grasshopper lives in the western part of the United States.
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The longest grasshopper is 11 centimetres long.
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Grasshoppers are herbivores (they do not eat meat, only plants.
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Grasshoppers go through ‘complete’ and ‘incomplete’ metamorphosis.
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Grasshoppers have no ears. They hear with an organ called ‘tympanum’.
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Most types of grasshoppers have two pairs of wings.
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Grasshoppers have five eyes.
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When the female lays her eggs, she covers them with a paste-like liquid that will protect them during the winter.
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Nymphs grow for 40 to 60 days before they become adults.
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Some grasshoppers rub their wings together to create music, others snap their wings together while flying, and others just rub their hind legs across their front wings.
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Grasshoppers consume green forage roughly eight times as fast in proportion to their weight.
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Grasshoppers cut binder twine, eat holes in clothing hanging out to dry, invade homes and pollute water from springs or wells.
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Trains have been delayed because they could not run at regular speed on tracks made slippery by crushed grasshoppers after a swarm.
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The brain of a grasshopper has approximately 16000 neurons (brain nerve cells) – a human brain has around 100 billion neurons.