Blister Beetle

Blister Beetle
The blister beetle - named for its ability to exude from its joints a liquid that causes painful blisters on your skin - ranks close to the top of the list as the insect world’s most clever and odious imposters, ...

Blister Beetle
Related Category: Zoology: Invertebrates
common name for certain soft-bodied, usually black or brown, mostly elongate and cylindrical beetles belonging to the family Meloidae.

The latter are the oil beetles (fig. 23) or blister beetles (fig. 24), insects with rather soft cuticle, the elytra (often abbreviated) not fitting closely to the sides of the abdomen, the head constricted behind the eyes to form FIG. 23.

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[11] The nuthatch may also smear blister beetles around the entrance to its nest, and it has been suggested that the unpleasant smell from the crushed insects deters squirrels, its chief competitor for natural tree cavities.

lifestyles, the first instar (the planidium) is highly mobile in order to search out a host, while the following instars are more sedentary and remain on or within their host. This is known as hypermetamorphosis; examples include the blister beetles ...

See also: Beetle, Potato Beetle, Weevil, Grasshopper, Scale Insect