Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Short-wing Katydid 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
- Obolopteryx castanea
- Odonturella macphersoni
- Poecilimon superbus
- Poecilimon macedonicus
- Odonturella aspericauda
- Eremopedes bilineatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Obolopteryx
- Species
- Obolopteryx brevihastata
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