Cicindela sylvicola is a species of tiger beetle native to Europe, where it can be found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, mainland Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, southern Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine and Serbia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cicindela sylvicola 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
- Cicindela sachalinensis
- Cicindela gemmata
- Cicindela hybrida
- Cicindela soluta
- Cicindela desertorum
- Cicindela gallica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Cicindelidae
- Genus
- Cicindela
- Species
- Cicindela sylvicola
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