Caelifera

Caelifera

aka Terran Grasshoppers



Xchange Bio Form Trade Product # 8475- 5453



Terran grasshoppers are widley distributed and farmed by many planet comunities and companies thruought the Union.

An annual 200 million tons are produced and mostly sold for food. Either life or prepared in food products. Union Terrans primarily of African and Asian descend, the Ult and the Klack are chief among the many customer who buy Grasshoppers.

The life insect is traded under the BIOHAZ CLASS II, and must be handled by dealers and traders with a Class II Bio Form trading licence. Local regulations might add further regultionsor prohibit the import of life grasshoppers ( or any Class II ) Dead, Stasis frozen grasshoppers or prepared food with Grasshopper parts has no trade restiriction BIOHAZ CLASS 0.

Largest purchasers of Grasshoppers en masse are Wuerg & Kotz Delicatessen, SII Transgalactic Foods and Enroe Foods.

New colonies with suitable conditions can request assistance from BoCA. Individuals who are interested in a Hopper Farm can request an info kit from the  Union Association of Insect Farmers ,Pleiades Avenue – Pluribus Unum  free of charge or partake in one of their info sessions.

Prices for Grasshoppers have been stable with a slight but steady increase as demand keep growing.

Price per ton averages 900- 1100 credits.