Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tipula rufina 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
- Tipula confusa
- Tipula scripta
- Dicranomyia marmorata
- Tipula simplex
- Dicranomyia humidicola
- Tipula longiventris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Tipulidae
- Genus
- Tipula
- Species
- Tipula rufina
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