Psoloessa texana, the Texas spotted range grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. It preferentially feeds on Bouteloua eriopoda.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Texas Range Grasshopper 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
- Psoloessa delicatula
- Dociostaurus jagoi
- Dociostaurus genei
- Austroicetes vulgaris
- Dociostaurus brevicollis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Psoloessa
- Species
- Psoloessa texana
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