Megasoma thersites is a species of scarab beetle. It is endemic to Baja California, Mexico. Adults are attracted by light and feed on the cambium of palo verde (Parkinsonia florida subsp. peninsulare).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Megasoma thersites 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
- Megasoma anubis
- Megasoma occidentale
- Megasoma actaeon
- Haploscapanes barbarossa
- Dynastes neptunus
- Spodistes mniszechi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Megasoma
- Species
- Megasoma thersites
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