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elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans) meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) eastern lubber grasshoppers (Romalea guttata) pygmy grasshopper Acrididae: grasshopper auditory mechanisms in insects arthropod nervous system invertebrate: nervous system
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Grasshoppers vs. crickets: What's the difference?
One makes music. One gives advice in Pinocchio. Which is which?
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Study a grasshopper feeding on a leaf and learn how fast a grasshopper cloud can consume a farmer's crops
Grasshoppers (family Acrididae) feeding.
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Follow a female grasshopper as its eggs are fertilized, buried underground, and hatched
Grasshoppers (family Acrididae) mating, laying eggs, and hatching.
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Witness a grasshopper molting as it sheds its outgrown exoskeleton
Learn about the growth of the grasshopper (suborder Caelifera) while watching one...
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The grasshopper's green coloring makes it less conspicuous among the leaves. This...
© Kirsanov/Shutterstock.com
elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans)
An elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans).
© Eleanor H Hattingh/Shutterstock.com
meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
A meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) shedding its exoskeleton.
Meul—ARCO/Nature Picture Library
eastern lubber grasshoppers (Romalea guttata)
Eastern lubber grasshoppers (Romalea guttata) mating.
© Corbis
pygmy grasshopper
Pygmy grasshopper of genus Tetrix.
Olaf Leillinger
Acrididae: grasshopper
Short-horned grasshopper (Acrididae).
Earl L. Kubis/Root Resources
auditory mechanisms in insects
Auditory mechanisms in insects. (Left) A scolophore organ. (Top right) The mosquito...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
arthropod nervous system
In arthropods such as the grasshopper, the brain is divided into specialized areas,...
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invertebrate: nervous system
Nervous systems of a flatworm (Planaria) and a grasshopper (order Orthoptera).
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respiratory system of a grasshopper
The respiratory system of a grasshopper, showing spiracles in the thorax and abdomen.
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animal tracks
Tracks of selected animals.
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