Metochus hainanensis is a species of dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae, found in eastern China and Taiwan.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Metochus hainanensis 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
- Metochus abbreviatus
- Metochus uniguttatus
- Metochus schultheissi
- Dieuches notatus
- Neopamera neotropicalis
- Dieuches armatipes
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Rhyparochromidae
- Genus
- Metochus
- Species
- Metochus hainanensis
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