What is Grasshopper?

What is Grasshopper?

Systematic position:

Phylum : Arthropoda

Class : Insecta

Order : Othroptera

Genus : Poecilocerus

• Grasshopper are worldwide distribution so called cosmopoliten.
• It is terrestrial, gregarious grasshopper commonly found on the AK plants , so is also called AK Grasshopper.
• It is diurnal insect.
• It is shows two type of locomotion : jumping and flying with the help of hind wings.
• It is herbivorous and a voracious feeder of AK leaves with the help of biting and chewing type mouth parts.
• It is unisexual and dioecious and show sexual dimorphism.
• Male is smaller in size.
• Female is oviparous and development inclues gradual metamorphosis.
• Grasshopper shows tracheal respiration.
• Grasshopper has an narrow, elongeted, cylindrical body with bilateral symmetry.

Grasshopper