sauterelle

la sauterelle (FR N-F) grasshopper, a winged insect (order: Orthoptera, family Acrididae, includes crickets and locusts). Females lay their clusters of eggs just under the surface of soil, where the young hatch, warmed by the sun. The parents die right after laying the eggs, which they surround with protective saliva. Grasshoppers generally live in fields or light underbrush. They have a life span of about six months. After each shedding of skin, grasshoppers eat their old skin. Their diet is…