Pyrota insulata

(Pyrota insulata)

Description

Pyrota insulata, sometimes known by the common name yellow-crescent blister beetle, is a blister beetle, so called because if squeezed, it can produce an irritant called cantharidin that causes a blister on exposed human skin.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Meloidae
Genus:Pyrota
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