Diogmites salutans is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brown-banded Hanging Thief 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
- Diogmites esuriens
- Diogmites crudelis
- Diogmites properans
- Diogmites missouriensis
- Diogmites angustipennis
- Diogmites misellus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Asilidae
- Genus
- Diogmites
- Species
- Diogmites salutans
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