Ephippiger terrestris, common name Alpine saddle-backed bush-cricket, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Alpine Saddle-backed Bush-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
- Ephippiger ephippiger
- Ephippiger diurnus
- Synephippius obvius
- Sorapagus catalaunicus
- Lluciapomaresius asturiensis
- Dinarippiger discoidalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Ephippiger
- Species
- Ephippiger terrestris
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