Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Bistanta herema 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
- Bistanta campestris
- Bistanta mexicana
- Parathespis humbertiana
- Musonia surinama
- Rhodomantis disparilis
- Thesprotia graminis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Thespidae
- Genus
- Bistanta
- Species
- Bistanta herema
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