Prominent-headed Reticulated Beetle (Cupes capitatus)

Prominent-headed Reticulated Beetle, a reference photo — Photo: CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Cupes capitatus is a species of beetle described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801. It is the only living species in the genus Cupes within the family Cupedidae. It is found in North America, in the United States from Georgia to Maine and in Canada in Ontario.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Prominent-headed Reticulated 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

Erotides sculptilis

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cupedidae
Genus: Cupes
Species: Cupes capitatus

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