Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pied Banded Digger Bee 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
- Amegilla spilostoma
- Amegilla canifrons
- Amegilla salviae
- Amegilla albigena
- Amegilla quadrifasciata
- Anthophora orotavae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Amegilla
- Species
- Amegilla niveata
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