Common Corncricket

Hetrodes is a genus of South African Orthopterans, typical of the subfamily Hetrodinae, erected by Fischer von Waldheim in 1833. It is a monotypic genus and currently the sole representative of the tribe Hetrodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Corncricket 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

• Acanthoproctus cervinus
• Acanthoplus discoidalis
• Deracantha onos
• Pycnogaster jugicola
• Pachysaga australis
• Enyaliopsis transvaalensis

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Hetrodes

Species

Hetrodes pupus

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