A Normal GrassHopper.
For other uses, please see Grasshopper (disambiguation).The grasshopper is an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish it from bush crickets or katydids, it is sometimes referred to as the short-horned grasshopper. Species that change colour and behaviour at high population densities are called locusts.
Scientific Classification[]
Kingdom:[] |
Animalia |
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Phylum:[] |
Arthropoda |
Subphylum:[] |
Hexapoda |
Class:[] |
Insecta |
Order:[] |
Orthoptera |
SubOrder:[] |
Caelifera Ander, 1939 |
SuperFamilies[]
- Tridactyloidea
- Tetrigoidea
- Eumastacoidea
- Pneumoroidea
- Pyrgomorphoidea
- Acridoidea
- Tanaoceroidea
- Trigonopterygoidea