Epipodisma is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in Epipodisma, E. pedemontana. It is found in Italy, Switzerland, and France.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Piedmont Mountain 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
- Cophopodisma pyrenaea
- Micropodisma salamandra
- Miramella carinthiaca
- Podisma dechambrei
- Buckellacris nuda
- Prumnacris rainierensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Epipodisma
- Species
- Epipodisma pedemontana
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