Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Peltasticus punctatus 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
- Pseudatelus notatipennis
- Apodiphus amygdali
- Brochymena sulcata
- Brochymena myops
- Erthesina acuminata
- Mustha spinosula
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Genus
- Peltasticus
- Species
- Peltasticus punctatus
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