Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Metalimnobia bifasciata 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
- Metalimnobia triocellata
- Limonia phragmitidis
- Cladura flavoferruginea
- Limonia nigropunctata
- Bittacus punctiger
- Bittacus strigosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Limoniidae
- Genus
- Metalimnobia
- Species
- Metalimnobia bifasciata
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