Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red-bellied 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
- Proludius pyrros
- Athous brightwelli
- Acteniceromorphus volitans
- Athous cucullatus
- Stenagostus rhombeus
- Agriotes collaris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Elateridae
- Genus
- Athous
- Species
- Athous rufiventris
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