Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Texas Glowing 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
- Ignelater havaniensis
- Pyrophorus punctatissimus
- Ignelater luminosus
- Diplostethus texanus
- Diplostethus carolinensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Elateridae
- Genus
- Deilelater
- Species
- Deilelater physoderus
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