Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Austroscaeva occidentalis 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
- Scaeva albomaculata
- Austroscaeva melanostoma
- Scaeva dignota
- Eupeodes volucris
- Fazia decemmaculata
- Eupeodes perplexus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Austroscaeva
- Species
- Austroscaeva occidentalis
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