Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Madeira Pincer 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
- Calliptamus plebeius
- Calliptamus barbarus
- Acorypha pallidicornis
- Calliptamus abbreviatus
- Heteracris annulosa
- Calliptamus italicus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Calliptamus
- Species
- Calliptamus madeirae
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