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Blister Beetles
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Blister Beetles

Meloidae

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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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Meloinae

subfamilyMeloinae

Nemognathinae

subfamilyNemognathinae

Tetraonycinae

subfamilyTetraonycinae

Eleticinae

subfamilyEleticinae

Anthicoxenus

genusAnthicoxenus

Epispasta

genusEpispasta

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