Wart-biter (Decticus verrucivorus)

Wart-biter, a reference photo — Photo: xulescu_g · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The wart-biter (Decticus verrucivorus) is a bush-cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. Its common and scientific names derive from the eighteenth-century Swedish practice of allowing the crickets to nibble at warts to remove them.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Wart-biter 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

Gampsocleis sedakovii

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Decticus
Species: Decticus verrucivorus

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