Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pseudophasma phthisicum 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
- Pseudophasma unicolor
- Pseudophasma bispinosum
- Pseudophasma castaneum
- Atlantopteryx parva
- Neohirasea hongkongensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Phasmida
- Family
- Pseudophasmatidae
- Genus
- Pseudophasma
- Species
- Pseudophasma phthisicum
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