Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Piezoscelis staphylinus 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
- Megalonotus praetextatus
- Tropistethus holosericus
- Megalonotus antennatus
- Plinthisus woodwardi
- Plinthisus longicollis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Rhyparochromidae
- Genus
- Piezoscelis
- Species
- Piezoscelis staphylinus
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