Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Kirby's Small-Mason 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
- Hoplitis producta
- Protosmia rubifloris
- Hoplitis adunca
- Osmia submicans
- Osmia caerulescens
- Heriades truncorum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Hoplitis
- Species
- Hoplitis leucomelana
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