Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Sericotrupes niger 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
- Geotrupes spiniger
- Geotrupes stercorarius
- Geotrupes mutator
- Phelotrupes taiwanus
- Thorectes intermedius
- Trypocopris pyrenaeus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Geotrupidae
- Genus
- Sericotrupes
- Species
- Sericotrupes niger
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