Azam's Cave-cricket

Dolichopoda azami, the Azam's cave-cricket, is a species of cave cricket within the family Rhaphidophoridae. The species distribution is in France in the Southern Alps and in Italy in Piedmont, Liguria and Lombardia, where it lives in various dark habitats that have stable temperatures and high humidity. Such habitats include rocky forests, caves, damaged bridges or aqueducts, and abandoned/disused buildings at elevations of 120 to 1,940 metres (390 to 6,360 ft). It lives in these habitats during the day and is primarily active at night.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Azam's Cave-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

• Dolichopoda linderii
• Dolichopoda araneiformis
• Euhadenoecus puteanus
• Hadenoecus subterraneus
• Macropathus filifer
• Spelaeiacris tabulae

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Rhaphidophoridae

Genus

Dolichopoda

Species

Dolichopoda azami

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