My children found a grasshopper in the bedroom!

How funny my friend..poor old grasshopper. Yes we used to catch June Bugs when we were children and also fire flies..I will not do it now.

i can imagine your kids excitement. my nephew is afraid of lizard but gets excited at the same time whenever he sees one. he was like a dog who cant wait to come out when we captured one before when i was young, i used to catch them together with my cousins but we dont put it in a container though. i hope you find something for that insect to eat.

Wow, that sure is an unexpected lesson on science. I think you can get your children to try to feed different things, and observe the food that the grasshoppers like.

When I was a kid, pre-school and elementary days, I loved catching grasshoppers and feeding them. I would cut a blade of grass and then placed it near the mouth of the hopper and enjoyed watching it munching the grass. Oh, and I would catch dragonflies too and did the same.

No, I usually let it go outside, far, far away from any entrances!

I never kept any insects that come into my house but I we stuff all the time. We have gotten grasshoppers, crickets are really common here too. And there have been many moths I love catching moths, water bettles, stick bugs, and also a a few times there has been praying mantis in my house and we always get daddy long legs. And there has been an earwig or too and other little bugs. I kind of enjoy the bugs because they are harmless. But it is really common to get cockroaches. I hate cockroaches.

My husband is very good at catching the insects. Such as last summer it was easy for him to catch the cicadas. You know the cicadas were in high trees. I couldn't even see whether they were except for hearing their sounds. But my husband not only could see them, but also catch them. It made us so excited. So catching something like grasshoppers is a piece of cake for him When my husband was not away and I wanted to go to have a good time with my son. One day I found it might be interesting for us to go fishing the shrimps in some pools (some people open these places for people to have some fun in the city). But my son said let's wait for another day when dad was available because he thought dad was good at getting a lot of shrimps

Did you have a window open perhaps and that is how the grasshopper got into your bedroom? They wouldn't bother me if they don't make any noise. We get crickets in our cellar sometimes and it drives me nuts. I cannot stand the noise they make in the house especially if I am trying to sleep.

Your kids are like my two grandnephews, they love to catch insects and play with them. But I don't want them to catch dragonflies because they eventually die and I feel sad for them.

I am sure I did as a child and my children did too. It is something evidently that children do the world over.

I'm not into bugs, but your kids are probably having fun with it.

Tempting as it is to keep these creatures, they are much better allowed to 'successfully escape'. :)

No, I'd be too scared to place them inside the bottle/jar.

When I was younger I really like catching grasshopper. :)

I am not sure that it will last very long... I know kids will be kids, but I think it best if you put itin a container where it can get air.

I catch small animals time by time, like lizards, spiders and grasshoppers, but I never keep them, I immediately release them in the garden.

The kids will probably soon get bored with and then you will be able to let it go.

Kids are always good in activities like this right?

Wow, nice. Are you going to set that grass hop free? Maybe it's lost in its way.It looks so active grasshop.

We have..when we.were.kids. spiders and fee insects. Haha