Sminthurinus elegans

Sminthurinus elegans, the changing color sminthurinus, is a species of springtail in the genus Sminthurinus found in Europe, and introduced to North America.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Sminthurinus elegans 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

• Sminthurinus henshawi
• Sminthurinus reticulatus
• Sminthurides malmgreni
• Ptenothrix macomba
• Prorastriopes lippsoni
• Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Entognatha

Order

Symphypleona

Family

Katiannidae

Genus

Sminthurinus

Species

Sminthurinus elegans

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