Shielded Oak Bush-cricket (Cyrtaspis scutata)

Shielded Oak Bush-cricket, a reference photo — Photo: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Cyrtaspis scutata is a species of bush cricket in the subfamily Meconematinae. Belonging to the tribe Meconematini, this brachypterous species may be called "Le Méconème scutigère" in French.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Shielded Oak 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

Meconema meridionale

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Cyrtaspis
Species: Cyrtaspis scutata

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