Caelifera Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Acrididae
Charilaidae
Dericorythidae
Eumastacidae
Euschmidtiidae
Lathiceridae
Lentulidae
Lithidiidae
Ommexechidae
Pamphagidae
Pneumoridae
Pyrgacrididae
Pyrgomorphidae
Romaleidae
Tanaoceridae
Tetrigidae
Thericleidae
Tridactylidae
Tristiridae
The Caelifera are a family of herbivorous insects of the order Orthoptera, commonly called grasshoppers in English. Although the family includes more species, this article is mostly about grasshoppers. Grasshoppers can jump long distances with their powerful hind legs and most are also capable of flight. Swarming grasshoppers are called locusts. Real grasshoppers have short antennae. “Grasshoppers” with antennae that are as long as or longer than their body, are in fact bush crickets or katydids.
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Grasshoppers as food
In many places around the world, grasshoppers are eaten as a good source of protein. Supposedly, some countries instruct military personnel to collect grasshoppers to eat as a food source.
Locusts
When populations of certain species of Short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae grow too big, its members start swarming and transform into locusts. Locust swarms are known to cause massive damage to crops.
See Also
External Links
Orthoptera Image Gallery (Iowa State University Entomology Department)
Australian Plague Locust Commission
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