Four-spot Midget

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Mortonagrion hirosei

Four-spot Midget, a reference photo
Photo: CharlesLam · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Mortonagrion hirosei, the four-spot midget, is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Hong Kong and Japan and northern Taiwan. Its natural habitats are rivers and saline marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Four-spot Midget 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Coenagrionidae
Species
Mortonagrion hirosei

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