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Are grasshoppers poisonous?

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They feed primarily on Apocynaceae and Solanaceae, plants loaded with toxic secondary compounds, which the grasshoppers are able to sequester and accumulate in their bodies. Among these poisonous metabolites are powerful cardiac glycosides. read more

Among these poisonous metabolites are powerful cardiac glycosides. In very small doses these can be used to treat arrhythmia and other heart diseases, but in larger ones, such as if you ate one of the grasshoppers, will cause heart failure. read more

Poisonous Grasshoppers are Brightly Colored Poisonous grasshoppers sometimes have toxic alkaloids in their blood that will make them either extremely bitter to eat, deadly, or both. Unlike their fast and plain cousins, these guys are sluggards. read more

Best Answer: Grasshoppers will bite but they don't have a venomous bite nor are they poisonous to eat. The only exception I know is a poisonous species called Phymateus viridipes, but it lives in Africa and southern Asia. read more

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