Græshopper er sandsynligvis blandt den ældste levende gruppe plantelevende insekter, der går tilbage til den tidlige Triassic for omkring 250 millioner år siden. Græshopper er typisk jordboende insekter med kraftige bagben, som gør det muligt for dem at flygte fra trusler ved at springe kraftigt.
Græshopper er plante-spisere, hvor få arter til tider bliver anset for at være alvorlige skadedyr, da de spiser korn, grøntsager og græsgange, især når de sværmer i millioner af græshopper og ødelægger afgrøder over brede områder.
Grasshoppers omfatter omkring 13.400 kendte arter. Mange ubeskrevne arter findes sandsynligvis, især i tropiske vådskove.
I nogle lande anvendes græshopper som mad. I det sydlige Mexico spises græshopperne i en række retter, som i tortillas med chili sauce. Græshopper serveres på pinde på nogle kinesiske fødevaremarkeder som Donghuamen Night Market. Stegte græshopper (walang goreng) spises i Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta, Java i Indonesien.
Det er beskrivet i Bibelen, at Johannes Døberen spiste græshoppe og vild honning mens han levede i ørkenen. Der er gjort forsøg på at forklare det som vegetarisk mad som carob bønner, men den enkle betydning af ordet er insekter.
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Grasshoppers are among what is probably the oldest living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshoppers are typically ground-dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which enable them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously.
Grasshoppers are plant-eaters, with a few species at times becoming serious pests of cereals, vegetables and pasture, especially when they swarm in their millions as locusts and destroy crops over wide areas.
Grasshoppers includes some 13,400 known species. Many undescribed species probably exist, especially in tropical wet forests.
In some countries, grasshoppers are used as food. In southern Mexico, grasshoppers are eaten in a variety of dishes, such as in tortillas with chilli sauce. Grasshoppers are served on skewers in some Chinese food markets, like the Donghuamen Night Market. Fried grasshoppers (walang goreng) are eaten in the Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta, Java in Indonesia. In Native America, the Ohlone people burned grassland to herd grasshoppers into pits where they could be collected as food.
It is recorded in the Bible that John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey while living in the wilderness; attempts have been made to explain the locusts as suitably ascetic vegetarian food such as carob beans, but the plain meaning of the word is the insects.
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