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title: "Grasshopper facts!"  
description: "A short explanation of the grasshopper and it's interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2777/grasshopper-facts  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["grasshopper", "insects", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Grasshopper facts!

![Grasshopper facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fb4732bb-8bbf-49b0-92f7-9d1f5857c89d/images/5c911c7d-4199-404b-af51-0e853cfdd823.jpeg) ![Grasshopper facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fb4732bb-8bbf-49b0-92f7-9d1f5857c89d/images/b21fcb57-d9bd-41c4-ac9b-a14f0d056842.jpeg) Grasshoppers have existed for more than 250 million years. They are one of the oldest living insect groups. ![Grasshopper facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fb4732bb-8bbf-49b0-92f7-9d1f5857c89d/images/7f397ed7-64d2-4074-b35b-7ab5f64dbe09.jpeg) To defend themselves, grasshoppers can spew a dark liquid. This liquid tastes bad and can irritate predators' eyes. ![Grasshopper facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fb4732bb-8bbf-49b0-92f7-9d1f5857c89d/images/8b4bb816-3b92-40ac-afa2-f315230553df.jpeg) They generate music by rubbing their legs together. This is referred to as stridulation. ![Grasshopper facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fb4732bb-8bbf-49b0-92f7-9d1f5857c89d/images/748c9f31-36ce-414c-b979-498b02612a9d.jpeg) Swarms of grasshoppers have the ability to travel long distances and consume large amounts of vegetation. ![Grasshopper facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fb4732bb-8bbf-49b0-92f7-9d1f5857c89d/images/57179f21-5871-47d9-97a8-91edec2fb3aa.jpeg) They have bellies with ears and tympanal organs on the first abdominal segment, located under the wings.

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