Brown-spotted Bush-cricket (Tessellana tessellata)

Brown-spotted Bush-cricket, a reference photo — Photo: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Tessellana tessellata known as the brown-spotted bush-cricket is a European and North African insect in the tribe Platycleidini (Tettigoniidae).

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Brown-spotted 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

Tessellana veyseli
Platycleis albopunctata
Platycleis sabulosa
Platycleis affinis
Platycleis grisea

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Tessellana
Species: Tessellana tessellata

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