Lithurgus chrysurus, the Mediterranean wood-boring bee, is a species of woodborer bee in the family of Megachilidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Golden-tailed Woodborer 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
- Lithurgus cornutus
- Megachile albisecta
- Megachile melanopyga
- Megachile octosignata
- Megachile centuncularis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Lithurgus
- Species
- Lithurgus chrysurus
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