Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Garden Maggot 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
- Dilophus serotinus
- Plecia dimidiata
- Plecia ruficollis
- Plecia longiforceps
- Bibio anglicus
- Bibio hortulanus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Bibionidae
- Genus
- Bibio
- Species
- Bibio superfluus
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