Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Trichomyrmex perplexus 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
- Pheidole californica
- Pheidole pallidula
- Solenopsis gayi — considered venomous
- Pheidole indica
- Pheidole tepicana
- Pheidole tetra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Trichomyrmex
- Species
- Trichomyrmex perplexus
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