Hoplosphyrum boreale, known generally as the western bush cricket or long-winged scaly cricket, is a species of scaly cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. It is found in North America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Western Brush Cricket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hoplosphyrum griseum
- Mogoplistes brunneus
- Ornebius alatus
- Cycloptilum slossoni
- Cycloptilum trigonipalpum
- Pseudomogoplistes squamiger
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Mogoplistidae
- Genus
- Hoplosphyrum
- Species
- Hoplosphyrum boreale
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