Grasshoppers

"Grasshoppers" is a word to define the real insects and fictional beings based thereupon. They are famous for being large and long jumpers that sing with their legs. Fictional portrayals often show them as musicians, using their legs or a real instrument. They are typically depicted as green, but in real life they come in many colors, both dull and bright, striped and spotted or solid. Some examples of grasshoppers in fiction include James and the Giant Peach, the folktale of the Ant and the Grasshopper and the Disney film based loosely upon it, A Bug's Life. Grasshoppers sing with their legs, and crickets do too. They also both jump. Oftentimes cricket depictions in media are more closer to grasshoppers. One of the biggest differences that I've observed, living here in America, is that crickets are more of night walkers in the dirt. Whereas grasshoppers are in the grass (or sidewalks) and more about jumping or even flying.
Category:Grasshoppers
Category:Animals important to American children