Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Lobe-winged cockroach 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
- Loboptera canariensis
- Melanozosteria soror
- Phyllodromica megerlei
- Drymaplaneta communis
- Lobopterella dimidiatipes
- Poeciloblatta angusta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Blattellidae
- Genus
- Loboptera
- Species
- Loboptera decipiens
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