The slender burrowing grasshopper (Acrotylus patruelis) is a species of bandwing grasshopper found throughout Africa, southern Europe and southwestern Asia. It occurs in many dry open habitats with bare ground, such as savannah, grassland and Mediterranean shrubland.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Slender Digging 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
- Acrotylus insubricus
- Acrotylus longipes
- Acrotylus humbertianus
- Pycnostictus seriatus
- Conozoa sulcifrons
- Derotmema haydenii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Acrotylus
- Species
- Acrotylus patruelis
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