THE LEAP & THE SWARM · locust-in-waiting
A Series of Laugh and Grow
Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.
Chubby & Full of Character
Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.
Ready to Display
A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.
A rustle, then a blur — the grasshopper is built to leap. Its powerful hind legs can launch it many times its own length in an instant, and hidden within some of these humble jumpers is one of nature’s most dramatic transformations: the swarming locust.
Spring-Loaded Legs
A grasshopper’s huge hind legs work like catapults, storing energy in a spring-like mechanism and releasing it all at once to fling the insect far clear of danger.
From Grasshopper to Locust
Certain grasshopper species can undergo an astonishing change: when crowded, they shift color, behavior and body shape and gather into vast swarms — becoming the locusts of legend.
A Voice in the Grass
Many grasshoppers ‘sing’ by rubbing a leg against a wing, filling summer meadows with the familiar chirping soundtrack of warm afternoons.
A Meadow Classic
Found in grasslands the world over, the grasshopper is one of the most familiar insects of childhood summers — here rounded into a cheerful, chunky leaper.
Craft & Specifications
| Series | A Series of Laugh and Grow (Series 11) — The Bugs & Beetles Collection, by Animal Heavenly Body |
| Approx. Size | Approx. palm-sized · ~0.5 lb (230 g) |
| Material | Hand-painted resin |
| Display | Single fixed figure — ready to display out of the box |
| SKU | AHB-V11-06 |
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