CATDOLL : CATDOLL:What is the difference between a locust and a grasshopper?

1. What is the difference between locusts and grasshoppers?

First of all, grasshoppers and locusts are both animals of the class Insecta and the order Orthoptera. They belong to the same class but are different species. Grasshoppers have large bodies, while grasshoppers have small bodies. Grasshoppers are usually 1 to 2 centimeters long, while grasshoppers are usually 1 to 3 inches long. Locusts are different species, and their colors are also different from those of grasshoppers and locusts.

Grasshoppers usually have brown wings, while grasshoppers usually have light pink forewings and light blue hindwings.

The grasshopper has a round head and the locust has a pointed head. The grasshopper has 4 spoon-shaped mouthparts (the mouthparts are the insect's mouth). The grasshopper has only 2. The grasshopper and the locust are not the same insect. The locust has a round head and a yellow body.

Additional information:

Grasshoppers are herbivorous insects with chewing mouthparts. They have short whip-like antennae and powerful hind legs that can be used to bounce to avoid predators. They are green and brown in color, which is a protective color for their living environment. Grasshoppers have large mouths and well-developed jaws and feed on plant leaves. Locusts like to eat reeds, barnyard grass, white grass, dogtooth grass and wormwood, shrimp grass and sea salicornia.

Grasshoppers are very similar to locusts, but they are shrunk and small, some are even as big as rice grains. Or, you can think that grasshoppers and grasshoppers are the same thing. Females are larger than males, with green or yellow-brown bodies, pointed, conical heads, short antennae, and obvious compound eyes at the base. They have well-developed hind legs and are good at jumping, making a "zaza" sound when flying.

Locusts are flat-headed insects that look like grasshoppers from the head down. Locusts appear a little later than grasshoppers. Grasshoppers are available in spring, but locusts are especially plentiful in autumn. Their bodies are usually green or yellowish brown, and often vary due to environmental factors. Their faces are vertical, and their antennae are pale yellow. The pronotum has a well-developed carina in the middle, which is slightly arc-shaped when viewed from the side in the solitary type and slightly concave in the gregarious type. There are often dark vertical stripes on both sides.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia entries for grasshopper, grasshopper, locust

All insects in the superfamily Acridoidea can be called locusts. The superfamily Acridoidea includes 8 families. The grasshoppers we usually refer to are mainly locusts in the family Acrididae and locusts in the genus Nematode in the family Acridoidea. (The classification levels used above are from large to small: superfamily -- family -- genus)

To put it simply, locusts cover a wide range, and grasshoppers are some groups of locusts. Neither locust nor grasshopper is a scientific name, but the name of grasshopper is more popular and not used in academia, while the name of locust is more recognized and can be used in academia, and it is clear that it is an insect of the superfamily Acridoidea.

Note: I am an insect specialist.

The names are different, but they are actually the same thing. There is no difference.

Locust is the scientific name, grasshopper is the common name

They are the same thing, but we call them grasshoppers in my hometown, and their scientific name is locust.

One is the scientific name, the other is the local name

2. Are grasshoppers locusts? Are they poisonous?

Grasshoppers are not locusts, they just belong to the family Acrididae, but they are not locusts. They are not poisonous.

There are more than 10,000 species of locusts. Grasshoppers and grasshoppers are both locusts, but they belong to different categories. In some places, grasshoppers are also called grasshoppers, which are common names.

What are the natural enemies of grasshoppers?

Grasshoppers' natural enemies include birds, fowl, frogs and snakes, but humans also catch them in large numbers.

1. Frogs: Frogs are the biggest natural enemy of grasshoppers and are the vanguard in restricting the survival and reproduction of locusts. According to statistics, one frog can kill more than 10,000 pests in one summer. A marsh frog eats an average of 50 pests a day, and the maximum can reach 266. Even a clumsy toad can catch nearly 10,000 pests in three months in summer. According to this calculation, as long as there is an average of one frog in two square meters of cropland, it is enough to suppress the survival of jumping hoppers.

2. Birds: Birds that prey on locusts include the martin, white-winged gull, field wren, etc., especially the martin. These birds need to prey on a large number of locusts during the breeding stage. Taking the common swallow as an example, a pair of parent birds and a nest of chicks can eat more than 16,200 locusts per month.

3. What is the difference between a mantis and a grasshopper?

1. First of all, there is a big difference in appearance, as shown in the picture below (praying mantis on the left and grasshopper on the right).

2. Structure: Mantis (scientific name: Mantodea), also known as knife mantis, is an invertebrate and a carnivorous insect. Most of them are green, but there are also brown or spotted species. The characteristic feature is that they have two "big knives", i.e. forelimbs. The forewings are cortical, wing-covering, lacking the leading edge domain, and the hindwings are membranous, with a row of hard serrations, each with a hook at the end, used to hook prey. The head is triangular and can rotate flexibly.

Grasshoppers, also known as locusts, are herbivorous insects. They are green and brown in color, have strong hind legs, and can use jumping to avoid predators. They have hard mouthparts, narrow and tough front wings, and broad and soft hind wings. They are good at flying, and their hind limbs are well developed, so they are good at jumping. They are agricultural pests and are extremely harmful to agriculture.

3. Habits: Mantises are terrestrial insect predators (carnivorous). They prey on all small insects, especially eggs, larvae, exposed pupae, and adults of flies, mosquitoes, locusts, moths, and butterflies. Even large insects such as cicadas and locusts are also their prey.

The newly emerged grasshoppers like to eat fresh wheat seedlings, corn seedlings, weeds and other single-leaf plants, but their appetite is very small. The 1st to 3rd-age grasshoppers should be protected from rain. It takes about 27 to 35 days for grasshoppers to emerge from the ground and become adults. During this period, they shed their skin every 5 to 7 days, for a total of 5 times. Grasshoppers after the 5th age gradually begin to mate and lay eggs. Each grasshopper lays about 70 to 100 eggs.

4. Grasshoppers are edible. Grasshoppers are also called "jumping dishes" in some places in Yunnan. Bring the collected grasshoppers home, blanch them with boiling water, remove their wings, and slowly roast them in a pan until the moisture dries up and they are golden brown. Add sesame oil and peppercorns, and the yellow grasshoppers will give off an attractive aroma.

Additional information:

Mantis distribution range: Except for the polar regions, it is widely distributed all over the world, especially in tropical regions where species are most abundant. In summer, mantises can often be seen under street lights in cities because they are phototactic.

Grasshoppers are oviparous insects used for both medicine and food. They are oviparous and belong to the order Orthoptera and the superfamily Acridoidea of ​​the class Insecta. According to statistics, there are 859 species of grasshoppers in the superfamily Acridoidea. They are dioecious, mate naturally, lay eggs, and reproduce two generations a year under natural conditions, namely summer locusts and autumn locusts.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Praying Mantis