Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Parry's Stag-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
- Odontolabis cuvera
- Odontolabis femoralis
- Odontolabis brookeana
- Neolucanus nitidus
- Prosopocoilus biplagiatus
- Neolucanus swinhoei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Lucanidae
- Genus
- Neolucanus
- Species
- Neolucanus parryi
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