Protoneura cara, the orange-striped threadtail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, superfamily Coenagrionoidea. It is found in Central America and North America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Orange-striped Threadtail 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
- Enallagma pollutum
- Enallagma dubium
- Enallagma signatum
- Enallagma sulcatum
- Neoneura amelia
- Enallagma concisum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Protoneuridae
- Genus
- Protoneura
- Species
- Protoneura cara
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