Barbitistes fischeri is a species of bush cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in France, Italy, and Spain and up to the foothills of the Alps at altitudes of 1500 meters. There it occurs in sparse forests and forest edges. The imagines occur from June to August.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Iberian Saw Bush-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
- Barbitistes yersini
- Barbitistes serricauda
- Metaplastes pulchripennis
- Barbitistes constrictus
- Isophya savignyi
- Barbitistes obtusus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Barbitistes
- Species
- Barbitistes fischeri
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