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Order-Coleoptera
Blister beetles are beetles (Coleoptera) of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. There are approximately 7,500 known species worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators.
Spotted on Nov 20, 2011
Submitted on Nov 20, 2011
4 Comments
AnoopPBhaskar, Thank you...
Beautiful Picture!
Thanks, Arun..
mesmerizing snap ... cool