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Decticus verrucivorus (British wart-biter)

Synonyms: Gryllus verrucivorus

Wikipedia Abstract

The wart-biter (Decticus verrucivorus) is a bush-cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. Its English and scientific names derive from the age-old practice of using the cricket to bite warts from the skin.
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Infraspecies

Decticus verrucivorus assiduus
Decticus verrucivorus brevipennis
Decticus verrucivorus crassus
Decticus verrucivorus gracilis
Decticus verrucivorus latipennis
Decticus verrucivorus longipennis
Decticus verrucivorus mithati
Decticus verrucivorus monspeliensis
Decticus verrucivorus sayram
Decticus verrucivorus stoljarovi
Decticus verrucivorus verrucivorus (Wart-biter (Bush-cricket))

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Lactuca sativa (Lettuce)[1]
Trifolium repens (Ladino Clover)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0