Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Oriental Flower Beetle 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
- Protaetia brevitarsis
- Protaetia formosana
- Protaetia famelica
- Protaetia marmorata
- Protaetia mandschuriensis
- Protaetia marginicollis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Protaetia
- Species
- Protaetia orientalis
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