Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Neomyia lauta 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
- Chrysomya varipes
- Chrysomya rufifacies
- Chrysomya albiceps
- Lucilia coeruleiviridis
- Hemipyrellia ligurriens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Muscidae
- Genus
- Neomyia
- Species
- Neomyia lauta
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