Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red-washed Prominent 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
- Oedemasia leptinoides
- Coelodasys unicornis
- Ianassa pallida
- Coelodasys errucata
- Schizura badia
- Schizura ipomaeae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Notodontidae
- Genus
- Oedemasia
- Species
- Oedemasia semirufescens
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