Pronunciation of grasshopper mà zha.

Grasshopper

Grasshopper, the common name for locust. Locusts are insect animals of the genus Locust in the family Locustidae, usually green, gray, brown or black-brown in color, with muscular hind legs and stout leg joints on the hind feet, suitable for jumping, and their powerful bouncing ability makes them capable jumpers.

Locusts are found in tropical and temperate grasslands and desert areas around the world. Locusts are phytophagous insects, like to eat fat leaves, such as sweet potatoes, cabbage, cabbage leaves, etc., there are swarming type and scattered type, with migratory, locusts almost all have a typical protective color, usually most of the inhabitants of the plant thickets. Locusts generally occur 1-2 generations per year, and the vast majority overwinter in the soil as egg masses. The adult life span is 40-60 days.

Locusts have the efficacy of relieving cough and asthma, fixing fright and stopping convulsions, clearing heat and removing toxins, lowering blood pressure, losing weight, and lowering cholesterol, and can be used to treat bronchial asthma, whooping cough and other diseases. Rich in many kinds of amino acids, the nutritional value exceeds that of eggs. Locusts are harmful to crops and are disastrous insects. The long history of infestation, the number of large, wide-ranging, serious harm more than all types of insects, because the locusts can be in a very short period of time, the crops and other plants swallowed clean.

Locusts generally belong to the parthenogenetic stagnant insects, mostly overwintering with eggs in the egg sacs in the soil, and only a few species such as the Japanese yellow locust, short-legged locusts and other species overwinter as adults. The number of generations occurring in a year depends on the biological characteristics of the species and the annual effective temperature, food, light and the growth and development of each insect stage in different areas.

Morphological Characteristics

Locusts are insectivores of the genus Locust in the family Locustidae, the whole body is usually green, gray, brown, or black-brown, the hind legs are well-muscled, and the leg joints of the hind feet are stout, which are suitable for jumping, and the strong ability to bounce makes them capable of jumping.

Distribution

Flying locust is the world's most widely distributed locusts, known to have 10 subspecies, China has three subspecies: East Asian flying locusts are mainly distributed in the eastern monsoon area, the Asian flying locusts are mainly distributed in the northwestern arid and semi-arid grassland area, the Tibetan flying locusts are mainly distributed in the Qinghai-Tibetan high alpine area of the many river valleys and the lakes along the zone.

Distributed in North China, East China, Central and South China and Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Taiwan and other regions.