Orthoptera

通用名稱：

Grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets

分配：

Every continent except Antarctica

棲息地：

Terrestrial habitats such as rock crevices, subterranean burrows, caves, treetops, peaks

飲食：

Plant material

全球物種數量：

20000

香港的物種數量：

184

形態學
（如何識別它們）：

-Cylindrical body
-Elongated hindlegs and musculature adapted for jumping
-Large compound eyes
-Antennae with multiple joints
-Wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps

圖表

你可知道？

Different orthopterans have different specific adaptations. Grasshoppers are active during the day and thus their colour is similar to the colour grass and flowers (green, yellow, pink). Crickets are usually nocturnal and hence, their bodies are darker in colour. Katydids are usually found on leaves and thus, are often green and have wings that look like leaves with veins or brown spots.