Grasshopper

Did you know about an indian tribe that lived in northern California? The Shasta Native Americans lived in northern California and Oregon. At the top of the map in purple is where they lived. They were already there when a spanish explorer claimed the land for Spain in the mid-1500s. They lived in cedar bark teepees and grass mat houses in the summer and winter pit houses in the winter. I made a winter pit house. The cedar bark teepees were semi-permanent shelters with very long strips of…

up the juices. The black widow spider usually catches and eats a variety of arthropods. Black widows also eat other spiders and arachnids. This is useful for getting rid of crop eating pests. A small list of things they eat is flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars. Speaking of food, after mating the female eats the male. She does this in order to get nutrients for the eggs. Female black widows interesting in mating hang upside down and waits for a male to impregnate them.…

and easy to understand than another one, leading to an easier and more time efficient way of classifying insects. A grasshopper’s journey to adulthood takes several months. Their first stage in life is being laid as an egg underground. A female grasshopper can lay up to 150 eggs in each pod and may lay up to 25 pods. These eggs stay underground for 10 months before hatching into nymphs during spring. The nymph is the second stage of a grasshopper’s…

of. I use to have a pet grasshopper that I found before winter. I put him in a big glass box with flowers, dirt and water. Every day I would put fresh lettuce in his cage and try to get him to eat out of my hand. After so long I got him to eat out of my hand. He would sit in the cage and wait for me every day and I would hold a leaf in my hand over his head and he would eat it. I would tell everyone about this even if it wasn't the most amazing thing. I kept the grasshopper till summer when it…

For the column project I was trying discover and understand the balance between terrestrial and aquatic habitats, how they support each other by the transmission of nutrients and oxygen between the two habitats. The goals that were devised in class were to observe the various cycles such as the nitrogen cycle, the phosphorus cycle, etc. My hypothesis for this experiment was that the terrestrial habitat would support the aquatic habitat by transmitting nutrients and other abiotic necessities, I…

Every year many vendors compete for the most creative and challengeable foods: Deep-Fried Chicken Noodle Soup On A Stick, Deep-Fried Fruit Loops, Oreo Beer, and Ramen Grasshopper Cookie. III. Atrractions 1. The Texas State Fair is the only fair in the U.S. that includes a full auto show of 9 acres of brand new automobiles and 85% of fair goers attend the show. 2. Big Tex, the fair mascot, is 55 feet tall and has become…

Think of a world that eats bugs on a daily basis, where you eat a crunchy, chewy, grasshopper that is pouring its insides in your mouth. Does that sound appetizing to you? Hopefully not, though many people want The United States to eat bugs. The USA should not eat bugs. One reason why people should not eat bugs is that they are very expensive. According to the article, “Would You Eat That?” says, “they are expensive. Cricket chirps, or chirps, cost $15 for three ounce bags. That’s four times…

How to grow Sarracenia Pitcher plant from seed. In order to grow a Sarracenia pitcher plant from seed, you need to have time, and patience. Sarracenia has to be watered with rain or purified water every day or every other day. Never allow the soil to get dry, but you also never want your plant to sit in water. Too much water can make a plant mold causing it to die, or be very difficult to take care of. Sarracenia is a carnivorous plant. Therefore it likes soil with little to no nutrients. The…

When writing “Big Two-Hearted River: Parts I and II,” Ernest Hemingway includes many of the small details which are often omitted by other authors. This completely shifts the focus of the story away from the actual plot. Instead, our attention is drawn to descriptions of seemingly insignificant details as well as the thoughts of Nick, the protagonist. This sort of description driven narrative also appears in Don DeLillo's novel White Noise. Like Hemingway, DeLillo uses minute details to the same…

The Grapes of Wrath is a renowned American classic written by the author John Steinbeck, a man who lived during the time of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. The title was discovered by his wife, Carol, in a popular song called “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” by Julia Ward Howe. Encompassed by two major, reoccurring themes, the book depicts tales that demonstrate man-to-man brutality and the companionship of people during times of great struggle. He illustrates these intense topics with…