The duckweed firetail (Telebasis byersi) is a small species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It occurs only in the United States, primarily the southeast.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Duckweed Firetail 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
- Telebasis salva
- Telebasis levis
- Telebasis digiticollis
- Ceriagrion praetermissum
- Ceriagrion georgifreyi
- Telebasis willinki
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Genus
- Telebasis
- Species
- Telebasis byersi
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