Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Eleodes marginata 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
- Eleodes planata
- Tentyria nomas
- Tentyria grossa
- Coelocnemis dilaticollis
- Eleodes scabrosa
- Tentyria mucronata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Tenebrionidae
- Genus
- Eleodes
- Species
- Eleodes marginata
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