Club-legged Grasshopper (Gomphocerus sibiricus)

Club-legged Grasshopper, a reference photo — Photo: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Gomphocerus sibiricus is a species of insect belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae.It is found across the Palearctic east to Siberia.The main distribution area is Siberia. In Central and Southern Europe it is limited to the high mountains: Pyrenees and Sierra de Guadarrama, central and southern Apennines, Alps, Carpathians, Balkan Mountains and the Caucasus.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Club-legged 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

Chorthippus cialancensis
Stenobothrus cotticus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Gomphocerus
Species: Gomphocerus sibiricus

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