1. Grasshoppers
By James Weeks
School: fessenden

2. Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animala
• Phylum : Arthropoda
• Subphylum : Hexapoda
• Class: Insecta
• Order : Orthopera
• Suborder : Caelifera

3. Appearance
• Small winged insect with large back legs
• Comes in many colors like brown and green

4. Habitat
• Grasshoppers live
EVERYWHERE !
• Grasshoppers are
found on all
continents except
Antarctica
• They prefer dry open
habitats with lots of
grass and other low
plants

5. Life cycle
• Grasshoppers go
from an egg to
nymph and finally
an adult.
• It takes about 9
weeks for a
grasshopper to
become an adult

6. Diet and digestion
• Grasshoppers are
herbivores. They eat
a range of grasses,
leaves and cereal
crops.
• A grasshopper’s
digestive system
include a foregut and
a hindgut. The foregut
is the mouth area and
the hindgut is the anal
region.

7. Predators
• Some predators of the grasshopper are
birds, blister beetles, squash bugs and
cucumber beetles.
• Humans also eat grasshoppers in many
places around the world.

8. How grasshoppers help
• They keep plant life under control
• They are a source of food

9. How we affect grasshoppers
• We continue to build
on their habitats
• We use them in
science
• We eat them as a
food source.
• We step on them

10. How we can help
• Don’t step on them
• When you see one
leave it alone
• Preserve their habitat

11. COOL FACTS
The grasshopper uses his wings to glide,
not fly
Some grasshoppers will jump 200 times
their length in one jump.
You can determine the temperature based
on the chirping of grasshoppers.
There are over 10,000 known species of
grasshoppers

12. CREDITS
• RESEARCH:
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper
• http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Acrid
idae/
• SLIDES-ME
• ANIMATIONS-ME
• CREDITS-ME

13. THE END