Life If I Were A Bug

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Scott 1 Diondre Scott Mrs. York English 097 3\17\2011 Life if I were a bug I am a grasshopper.I am a bug that is often misunderstood by others. I am good with my feet and I love to jump around. People sometimes compare me to a prey mantis because of our similar looks. I prey on other insects such as mosquitoes. I also eat plants and grass like materials. The food that I eat would probally seem weird to others. As a grasshopper , I search for my own food, I occasionally cause damage and I also help out in the environment . I am one of the most unique insects known to man because of my looks and actions. I survive by getting my own food. Sometimes I feed on others that are smaller than me. I enjoy eating food that may seem odd to others like mosquitoes. At times like this , I am helpful to the environment. However , there are other times when I eat plants and grass, and this is more harmful to the enviroment. This kind of food is much easier to get than live bugs. If I need to eat something more challenging, I often sneak up on them, grab them ,and drown them with my defensive sap. I realize that a lot of my friends have some of these same traits. They must survive by getting their own food. There are times when they eat common food , and there other times when , like me ,they eat food that is more strange. Often they eat this noodle mixture with peas , green peppers ,onion, and meat of some sort. It seems odd much like my mosquitoes and plants seem odd to others. I often hang with lots of other grasshoppers. There are times when we hang out in larger groups and cause surious damage to crops. We jump throughout the crops plant to plant. We ruin the crops by feeding on them and leaving them very sappy. My friends remind of some
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