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Kingdom   Animal
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Class   Invertebrate
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Suborder   Grasshopper
 
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Status   Varies by species
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Date Updated   Fri Feb 7 19:21:14 2014
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Grasshopper Facts & Trivia for kids
- Grasshoppers make sounds by rubbing their wings together.
- A grasshopper's back legs have large muscles which allow it to leap over 200 times its own length.
- Long-horned Grasshoppers usually come out at dusk and are active through the night.
- The Grasshopper's hearing organs are on its front legs.
- When the short-horned Grasshopper is at the highest point of its jump, it spreads its wings.
- All Grasshoppers have very good eyesight and hearing.
- Most Grasshoppers have two pairs of wings.
- There are two main Grasshopper groups. They are the long-horned and the short-horned.
- An example of a short-horned Grasshopper is a locust.
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