Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Temnothorax nigriceps 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
- Leptothorax acervorum
- Temnothorax tuberum
- Temnothorax rugatulus
- Temnothorax affinis
- Leptothorax muscorum
- Temnothorax nassonovi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Temnothorax
- Species
- Temnothorax nigriceps
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