Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cardioptera brachyptera 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
- Stagmomantis theophila
- Parastagmatoptera unipunctata
- Parastagmatoptera theresopolitana
- Austromantis albomarginata
- Stagmatoptera biocellata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Photinaidae
- Genus
- Cardioptera
- Species
- Cardioptera brachyptera
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