Agrilinus ater

Agrilinus ater is a species of beetle in family Scarabaeidae, found in the Palearctic, where it has been recorded from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, China:Xinjiang, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Russia Far East, Siberia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Agrilinus ater 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

• Teuchestes fossor
• Calamosternus granarius
• Acrossus depressus
• Phaeaphodius rectus
• Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Agrilinus

Species

Agrilinus ater

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