Grasshopper

Superfamily: Proscopioidea

Other information

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.

Related Topics:
Protein - Countries - Military

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In Korea rice field grasshoppers are eaten as a side dish at meals, as a lunch box ingredient, or as a drinking snack. Many Koreans consider grasshoppers to be a health food. The preparation of grasshoppers as food varies, but sometimes they are pan-fried, with or without oil, after removing the wings and legs. They also use them as medicines for treatment of convulsions in children, coughs, tetanus, and weakness.

Related Topics:
Korea - Tetanus

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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.

Related Topics:
Short-horned grasshopper - Acrididae - Crops

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(Tropidacris violaceus) is two inches (5 cm) long.

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