2007-02-02 03:03:49 · 15 answers · asked by enquiringmind 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
because that is the only band of light that is being reflected off of them, just like the grass is green, all other bands of light along the spectrum are absorbed and the green light is reflected by pigment is their exo-skeleton.
2007-02-02 10:01:23 · answer #1 · answered by abarider13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being herbivores and spending almost their entire lives of green vegetation, being green would be the best colour to avoid being seen by predators. Most grasshoppers are cryptically coloured, even grasshoppers of rocky areas are typically grey and mottled color to help them blend in better.
So the simple answer would be camouflage and predator avoidance
2007-02-02 14:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, there use to be yellow grasshoppers before the green ones ran them off their land.
2007-02-02 11:47:10 · answer #3 · answered by Jimmy H 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Most of the grass hoppers I have seen are more brown than green.
Grasshoppers have evolved to blend into their backgrounds so they aren't as easy to be seen by predators. They feed on grasses and other vegetation, and that is their coloring
2007-02-02 11:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by bob shark 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because green is the color of money. George W. Bush.
2007-02-02 11:06:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Simple, To Blend In With The Grass...
YOU'VE BEEN SMOKIN' !!!
2007-02-02 11:06:51 · answer #6 · answered by Spaghetti MY 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
so that when they feed off of grass or leaves predators like birds cannot see them - natures camoflauge
2007-02-02 11:06:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Acclimatization to protect themselves from preditors
2007-02-02 11:48:18 · answer #8 · answered by SMB 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not all of them are green some are brown
2007-02-02 11:11:27 · answer #9 · answered by nobody 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
so they can blend in with the grass. makes it harder for their predators to find them.
2007-02-02 11:07:17 · answer #10 · answered by jen 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋