Cycloptilum slossoni, or Slosson's scaly cricket, is a species of scaly cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. It is found in North America. This species was first described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1897 and originally named Mogisoplistus slossoni.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Slosson's Scaly 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
- Cycloptilum trigonipalpum
- Ornebius aperta
- Ornebius kanetataki
- Arachnocephalus vestitus
- Ornebius alatus
- Ornebius bimaculatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Mogoplistidae
- Genus
- Cycloptilum
- Species
- Cycloptilum slossoni
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