Blister beetle

phylum	Arthropoda	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. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Coleoptera
Class	Insecta
order	Coleoptera
family	Meloidae

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  Kaiyodo cQM Shikoku Red Blister Beetle