Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Heterogomphus dilaticollis 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
- Heterogomphus chevrolatii
- Heterogomphus ulysses
- Strategus oblongus
- Podischnus agenor
- Heterogomphus bourcieri
- Xyloryctes corniger
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Heterogomphus
- Species
- Heterogomphus dilaticollis
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