Relationship of grasshoppers with Orange Purut plants

Very often seen a grasshopper attached to the Orange Tree, in general young grasshoppers that often appear behind the trees, while adult grasshoppers are free to roam in any leaves.

So there is a question in the minds of all the insect experts and plant experts why grasshoppers always lay eggs in the Orange Purut tree.

Although other wild plants are also chosen, in general, every grasshopper always places its eggs in the Orange Purut tree. One observation was made or a survey turned out to prefer grasshoppers lay eggs in the Jeruk Purut plants.

Based on the survey results in observing several locusts, it turns out that the choice has a strong reason to talk about, and the information also has data accuracy, with several reasons. However, there are two strong reasons such as;

1. Purut Orange Plant has properties for the development of the body

Purut Orange Plant has a substance that can dispel fishy odor and has fat prevention properties so that if consumed it makes the body fresh.

One of the ingredients it has is in the leaves there are substances or high vitamin C that can dissolve fat and other things.

For the people of Aceh in particular, always use fruit and leaves of Purut Orange to increase the assumption of vitamins in the body, if cooking food such as fish and other meat, always use starch (Water) Orange Purut, with the function of being able to eliminate fishy odor and can also accelerate cooking of fish and can make food delicious in the form of fish and meat.

Likewise with young Leaves Purut can also be consumed well without having to cook, in general the people of Aceh consume it by cutting into small pieces with thin and long slices in a meal with lunch and food, this is caused because of benefits such as in mentioned above can also add fragrance to the staple food.

So do not be surprised if the grasshopper mother puts her eggs on the Orange Purut plant with the intention that when the eggs hatch it will immediately get food around her, for grasshopper's instincts to consume the leaves the Lime can get nutrients for their children and will grow to be healthy.

2. Safe locations for eggs and grasshopper babies when they hatch

Sometimes animal life is almost the same as human life in terms of life safety, they also have a comfortable desire in terms of life, so that when grasshoppers want to lay eggs, they will choose a location that is considered safe and peaceful from all predators who want to destroy them and their families.

Choosing a location such as the Orange Purut plant is very common and special from all the things that are feared because when the baby grasshoppers hatch and grow, they will continue to hide from predators by camouflage with the plant.

This strategy is very effective because the color of the baby grasshopper and the leaves of the Orange Purut is very similar and matches the body of the baby grasshopper. So a simple technique cannot be detected by other predators.

The predators such as birds and other insect species are very difficult to detect grasshoppers when they are behind the Purut Orange plant, but if they are in other places then the body of the grasshopper will be very clearly seen by each predator.

So it is very easy to be hunted by the predators.

Both of these reasons are the right choice for grasshoppers, because besides being safe it is also getting food with high nutritional intake for grasshoppers and their children. Grasshopper activity in this case has become a common thing for every grasshopper family. Thus a brief description of grasshopper and Stomach Orange. So one of the questions above has been answered. Thank you very much.