Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Little Dark Bee 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
- Stelis punctulatissima
- Heriades truncorum
- Heriades carinata
- Heriades crenulata
- Heriades leavitti
- Protosmia rubifloris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Stelis
- Species
- Stelis breviuscula
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