Grasshoppers are cold-blooded insects that can jump and fly. They eat plants like grasses and leaves. There are over 18,000 different grasshopper species. Grasshoppers have antennae, compound eyes made of many small eyes, and a 3-part body of head, thorax, and abdomen.

1. GRASSHOPPERS

2. Is a
grasshopper a
warm-blooded
or cold-blooded
creature?
A grasshopper is
an insect.
All insects are
cold-blooded
creatures, like fish
and reptiles.

3. Can this grasshopper fly?
Yes, it can.
This grasshopper can
jump and fly

4. What do grasshoppers eat?
Grasshoppers
favourite foods are
grasses, leaves
and cereal crops.

5. How many
species of
grasshoppers
are there?
There are about
18,000 different
species
of grasshoppers!

6. grasshopper
What are these?
They are antennae. There
are grasshoppers with
long antennae and
grasshoppers with short
antennae.

7. A grasshopper
Two big
compound
eyes
(But inside there are
many small miniature
eyes)

8. Let’s talk about …
numbers!
Its body, like every insect, has 3 parts
And ... 6…..what?? Head,, thorax, and abdomen

9. Find me if you can!
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