Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Polemius denticornis 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
- Discodon minutum
- Discodon normale
- Polemius laticornis
- Rhagonycha lineola
- Pyropyga nigricans
- Rhagonycha angulata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Cantharidae
- Genus
- Polemius
- Species
- Polemius denticornis
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