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Blister beetle

Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 2,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators.

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Toxicity

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Blister beetle

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Blister beetle

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related to External links · 14
Blister beetle → Blister Beetle Intoxication, Blister Beetles Mylabris Pustulata, Cantharidin Poisoningmeloidae, Epicauta, Farms, IFAS Featured CreaturesBeetle, IFAS Featured Creaturesstriped, India, Maharashtra, Nagpur, Orange Blister Beetle, Scots, Strange, UF
related to Description · 12
Blister beetle → Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Blister, Cantharidin, Fabaceae, It, Lytta, Mylabris, Solanaceae, Spanish, The, While
related to Toxicity · 8
Blister beetle → Blister, Cantharidin, Epicauta, In, Reducing, The, United States, Using
related to Biology · 6
Blister beetle → Blister, Chemical Ecology, European, Max Planck Institute, Meloe, Ryan Alam
see also · 1
Blister beetle → Blister

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beetles cantharidin blister family species known also toxicity eleticinae meloinae nemognathinae tetraonycinae hay may beetle found meloidae called defensive blistering

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Blister beetlerelated to BiologyBlister0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to BiologyRyan Alam0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to BiologyMax Planck Institute0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to BiologyChemical Ecology0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to BiologyEuropean0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to BiologyMeloe0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to DescriptionBlister0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to DescriptionWhile0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to DescriptionAmaranthaceae0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to DescriptionAsteraceae0.60section
Blister beetlerelated to DescriptionFabaceae0.60section

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