Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Erioptera megophthalma 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
- Erioptera vespertina
- Atarba picticornis
- Erioptera septemtrionis
- Prolimnophila areolata
- Shannonomyia lenta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Limoniidae
- Genus
- Erioptera
- Species
- Erioptera megophthalma
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