Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Siliceous Click 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
- Agriotes acuminatus
- Athous brightwelli
- Athous bicolor
- Athous cucullatus
- Athous rufiventris
- Sericus incongruus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Elateridae
- Genus
- Dolerosomus
- Species
- Dolerosomus silaceus
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