Blister Beetles
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| Scientific name | Meloidae |
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| Higher classification | Tenebrionoidea |
| Order | Beetle |
| Phylum | Euarthropoda |
| Rank | Family |
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| ID | 680879 |
About Blister Beetles
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators.
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