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  2. Locust - Wikipedia

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    The Torah prohibits the use of most insects as food, but it permits consuming certain types of locust; specifically, those that are red, yellow, or spotted grey. [72] [73] Islamic jurisprudence deems eating locusts to be halal. [74] [73] The Prophet Muhammad was reported to have eaten locusts during a military raid with his companions. [75]

  3. Grasshopper - Wikipedia

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    Crop pest: grasshopper eating a maize leaf. Grasshoppers eat large quantities of foliage both as adults and during their development, and can be serious pests of arid land and prairies. Pasture, grain, forage, vegetable and other crops can be affected. Grasshoppers often bask in the sun, and thrive in warm sunny conditions, so drought ...

  4. Consumer (food chain) - Wikipedia

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    Within an ecological food chain, consumers are categorized into primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers. [3] Primary consumers are herbivores, feeding on plants or algae. Caterpillars, insects, grasshoppers, termites and hummingbirds are all examples of primary consumers because they only eat autotrophs (plants).

  5. Graminivore - Wikipedia

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    Many grasshoppers, such as individuals from the family Acrididae, have diets consisting primarily of plants from the family Poaceae. [5] Although humans are not graminivores, we do get much of our nutrition from a type of grass called cereal , and especially from the fruit of that grass which is called grain .

  6. Dissosteira carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Carolina Locust [6] is a short-horned grasshopper (Family Acrididae) found in most of the United States and other parts of North America [7] (Fig 1). These grasshoppers can be anywhere between 32 and 58 mm, with females being larger than males. [8] Their color can range from grey to brown with contrasting black and yellow-white hind wings.

  7. Omnivore - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 November 2024. Animal that can eat and survive on both plants and animals This article is about the biological concept. For the record label, see Omnivore Recordings. Examples of omnivores. From left to right: humans, dogs, pigs, channel catfish, American crows, gravel ant Among birds, the hooded crow ...

  8. Orthoptera - Wikipedia

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    Orthoptera (from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight' and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā.

  9. Chapulines - Wikipedia

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    A fried chapulín Fried egg with Oaxacan chorizo and chapulines. In 2007, several American media reported concerns over lead contamination in products imported from Zimatlán, a municipality in Oaxaca, including chapulines.