Scarlet Band-winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda miniata)

Scarlet Band-winged Grasshopper, a reference photo — Photo: Bj.schoenmakers · CC0 (licence)

Oedipoda miniata, sometimes known as the red-winged grasshopper (although the name is also used for O. germanica), is a grasshopper species in the subfamily Oedipodinae found in Southern Europe, northern Africa and the Middle-East.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Scarlet Band-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

Oedipoda mauritanica
Oedipoda charpentieri
Oedipoda caerulescens
Oedipoda fuscocincta
Lactista stramineus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Oedipoda
Species: Oedipoda miniata

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