Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of KZN 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
- Prosopocoilus torresensis
- Prismognathus dauricus
- Falcicornis mellianus
- Prismognathus davidis
- Prosopocoilus motschulskii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Lucanidae
- Genus
- Prosopocoilus
- Species
- Prosopocoilus natalensis
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