Broad Green-winged Grasshopper (Aiolopus strepens)

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

Aiolopus strepens is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Broad Green-winged 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

Aiolopus thalassinus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Aiolopus
Species: Aiolopus strepens

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