Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dacnodes shortridgei 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
- Pygidicrana v-nigrum
- Cranopygia sauteri
- Labidura riparia
- Cranopygia vitticollis
- Labidura truncata
- Challia fletcheri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Dermaptera
- Family
- Pygidicranidae
- Genus
- Dacnodes
- Species
- Dacnodes shortridgei
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