How does a grasshopper eat?

Grasshoppers bite their food into smaller chuncks with their mandibles - teeth that are on the outside of it's mouth. It then moves the pieces of food (plants) inside it's mouth with little finger-like things and eventually it swallows the plant material. They are not picky and eat a wide array of plants, depending on what is available to them. They eat grasses as well as the leaves of some flowers and plants.