Editing Orthoptera (section)

==Life cycle==
Orthopterans have a paurometabolous lifecycle or [[incomplete metamorphosis]]. The use of sound is generally crucial in courtship, and most species have distinct songs.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SHHQVehP488C&pg=PA74 |title=The practical entomologist |pages=74–75 |first=Rick |last=Imes |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-671-74695-7 |year= 1992 }}</ref> Most grasshoppers lay their [[egg (biology)|eggs]] in the ground or on vegetation. The eggs hatch and the young [[Nymph (biology)|nymphs]] resemble adults, but lack wings and at this stage are often called 'hoppers'. They may often also have a radically different coloration from the adults. Through successive [[ecdysis|moults]], the nymphs develop wings until their final moult into a mature adult with fully developed wings.<ref name=IIBD/>

The number of moults varies between species; growth is also very variable and may take a few weeks to some months depending on food availability and weather conditions.