Cryptorhopalum apicale is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found in North America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cryptorhopalum apicale 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.
Easily confused with
- Cryptorhopalum haemorrhoidale
- Orphilus subnitidus
- Aethina concolor
- Attagenus schaefferi
- Trogoderma glabrum
- Trogoderma froggatti
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Dermestidae
- Genus
- Cryptorhopalum
- Species
- Cryptorhopalum apicale
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