Decticus verrucivorus
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Species
wart-biter
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOrthoptera
- FamilyTettigoniidae
via GBIF
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Subspecies
- Habitat
- Diet
- Life cycle
- Status and distribution
- Conservation
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Close-Up of a Decticus verrucivorus
The wart-biter (Decticus verrucivorus) is a bush-cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. Its common and scientific names derive from the eighteenth-century Swedish practice of allowing the crickets to nibble at warts to remove them.