However, grasshoppers can only see changes in light. The mouth parts on the lower part of the grasshopper's head are very strong. The abdomen is made up of several rings called segments. This makes it possible for a grasshopper to move and bend its abdomen easily. Grasshoppers have ears on the first segment of the abdomen.
Grasshoppers have two claws at the end of each leg.
These claws help them climb. Sometimes they eat farmers' crops. Grasshoppers' mouths have two large, horny lips. Between their lips is a pair of sharp jaws called mandibles and behind the mandibles is another pair of jaws with feelers that taste and eat grass. Grasshoppers live in grassy areas and in fields.