Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Violet Dor Beetle 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 splendidus
- Geotrupes spiniger
- Phelotrupes laevistriatus
- Geotrupes stercorarius
- Phelotrupes auratus
- Sericotrupes niger
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Geotrupidae
- Genus
- Geotrupes
- Species
- Geotrupes mutator
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