G is for Grasshopper

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Photo of a grasshopper
Insects

Scientific name: suborder: caelifera

A grasshopper is an insect with long back legs. They can jump a very long way, but they also have wings so they seem to jump many metres but are actually flying. They rub their back legs together sometimes to make a very high noise.
Tony Austin / CC BY-SA