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Are mopane worm poisonous?
The flesh is yellow, and the gut may still contain fragments of dried leaf, which is not harmful to humans.
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Species of Gonimbrasia
Mopane worm
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Mopane worm
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods
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Class
Bugs
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Order
Moths and butterflies
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Family
Saturniids
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Genus
Gonimbrasia
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Species
Mopane worm (Gonimbrasia belina)
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