Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Acanthops parafalcata 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
- Acanthops falcata
- Acanthops falcataria
- Decimiana rehni
- Deroplatys lobata
- Phyllocrania paradoxa
- Deroplatys desiccata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Acanthopidae
- Genus
- Acanthops
- Species
- Acanthops parafalcata
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