Metrioptera saussuriana is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is a high meadow species found on many mountains and low mountain ranges in southern Europe. Its range extends in the Iberian Peninsula from Portugal and Spain over the Pyrenees, southern France to the French and Swiss Jura and the southern and western Alps. Isolated populations are to be found in the Balearic Islands, in Corsica, Sardinia, some northwestern French islands and in central Europe near Salzburg. The species is missing in Germany.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Purple Meadow 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
- Zeuneriana abbreviata
- Chizuella bonneti
- Metrioptera brachyptera
- Pholidoptera littoralis
- Metrioptera buyssoni
- Eobiana engelhardti
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Metrioptera
- Species
- Metrioptera saussuriana
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