Wart-biter
Decticus verrucivorus
Adults inhabit warm, flower-rich grasslands, heathland, and scrubby meadow edges. They are omnivorous, chewing grasses and flowers while also seizing insects with powerful mandibles. Males produce a loud, rasping song by rubbing their wings together, and the species gained its name from a historical folk use of its bite on warts.
- Type
- Fang
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- ?
- Wart-biter