Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Spilomantis occipitalis 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
- Hapalopezella maculata
- Mantoida maya
- Odontomantis longipennis
- Bantiella trinitatis
- Odontomantis planiceps
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Gonypetidae
- Genus
- Spilomantis
- Species
- Spilomantis occipitalis
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